Pure adrenalin, thrilling races, history made: This was Short Track at the Track at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The Milano Ice Arena was the home of the fast and the furious for six days of competition, filled with everything you expect from Short Track. 

Dutch delight in Short Track

Gold medallists brothers ' Melle van 't Wout and Jens van 't Wout look at their medals on the podium of the short track speed skating men's 5000m relay final during the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 in Milan Italy on February 2026  © Getty Images

The Netherlands reigned supreme with seven medals: five gold, one silver and one bronze. Flying Dutchman and new Short Track hero Jens van ‘T Wout raced to two individual gold in the 1000m and 1500m and led the Men’s Relay to their first Olympic title. He also captured bronze in the 500m, sharing the podium with his brother Melle, who got silver over this distance. The brothers are the first siblings to stand on an Olympic Short Track podium together in an individual event. 

Xandra Velzeboer added two gold in the Women’s 500m and 1000m to the medal tally. 

Xandra Velzeboer set a new World and Olympic record in the Women’s 500m with 41.399 in the semi-final and had broken the Olympic record already in the quarters. The Dutch Women’s Relay team achieved a new Olympic record in the final B of the Mixed Relay with 2:35.537.

"The whole competition has been like a dream to me,” Jens van ‘T Wout said. “I'm just so incredibly proud of the team we are here, the team we came to the Olympics with. We've never been this close as a team, and I think it really shows in our overall performance. I've never been happier." 

The Dutch team proved in Milan how much Short Track has grown in the Netherlands. And they don’t want to stop now.

“We take away a lot of medals from these Games,” Melle van ‘T Wout commented. “We really hope that a lot of kids in the Netherlands start the sport. The long track is very popular in the Netherlands, and the short track has been growing. But we want to obviously grow more, because we all love the sport. We know how beautiful the sport is.”

Republic of Korea shines with stars and new talent

Rim Jongun (KOR) celebrates after winning bronze in the Short Track Men's 1000m in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 in Milan Italy on February 2026  © Getty Images

The proud Short Track team of the Republic of Korea brought home seven medals as well. Kim “Lambor-Gilli” (Women’s 1500m) and the Women’s Relay team struck gold. Choi Minjeong (Women’s 1500m), Hwang Daeheon (Men’s 1500m) and the Men’s Relay team bagged silver while Kim Gilli (Women’s 1000m) and 18-year-old youngster Rim Jongun (Men’s 1000m) picked up a bronze. Kim and Rim competed in their first Olympic Games and are the bright future of Korean Short Track. 

“In fact, these Olympic Games were greater and more amazing, there was a lot of heated competition compared to other Olympics,” Choi shared. “While I was preparing I thought it would be my last Olympic Games and I thought I really wanted to give it my all.” 

Arianna Fontana makes history again

 Team Italy celebrates after winning gold in the Short Track Mixed Team Relay finals in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 in Milan Italy on February 2026 © Getty Images

Italian Short Track queen Arianna Fontana continued her incredible story in the sport. Competing in her sixth Olympic Games, the 35-year-old earned a silver in the 500m, gold with the Mixed Relay team and silver with the Women’s 3000m Relay. She has been on the podium in each of her Olympic Games and with a total of 14 medals is the most decorated Italian Olympian in any sport, summer or winter. Italy got a fourth medal in the Men’s 5000m Relay with bronze. Pietro Sighel created a memorable fun moment when skating backwards over the finishing line in the Mixed Relay, celebrating with the fans. 

“It’s incredible, I’m filled with joy,” Fontana said. “It all hit me, thinking back. I was overwhelmed by everything.”

Canada with four medals

 Steven Dubois celebrates after winning gold in the Short Track Men's 500m final in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 in Milan Italy on February 2026 © Getty Images

Canada skated off with four medals: gold for Steven Dubois (500m), silver for Courtney Sarault  (1000m) and the Mixed Relay, bronze for Sarault (500m) and the Women’s 3000m Relay. However, top star William Dandjinou only took home the Mixed Relay medal. 

Four delegations earned one medal each:

Sun Long claimed a silver for People’s Republic of China in the Men’s 1000m while Corinne Stoddard (USA) got a bronze in the Women’s 1500m. Roberts Kruzberg’s bronze in the 1500m is the first Olympic Short Track medal for Latvia in history. Belgium skated to their first Olympic medal in the Mixed Relay (bronze). 

Twenty-three teams were represented across the nine Short Track Speed Skating events in Milan.