MILAN (AP) Dutch speedskater Femke Kok added a gold medal and the Olympic record in the 500 meters to her world mark, beating defending champion Erin Jackson head-to-head in the final heat Sunday at the Milan Cortina Games and relegating 1,000 winner to Jutta Leerdam to the silver.

Kok powered through the final turn and easily pulled away from Jackson, finishing in 36.49 seconds a whopping 0.66 seconds ahead of teammate Leerdam, who defeated her in the 1,000 meters Monday.

Miho Takagi of Japan was third in 37.27, picking up her second bronze of these Winter Games and ninth career Olympic medal. Her totals: two golds, four silvers and three bronzes.

Jackson was fifth in 37.32, four years after her 500 triumph for the United States made her the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics in any sport.

When Kok crossed the line, she threw her arms overhead to the delight of the many, many Dutch spectators, then skated a little more before covering her face with both hands.

That was quite a contrast to Leerdams reaction after she temporarily took the lead in the 12th of 15 heats.

She got off to something of a slugging start and was behind Takagis pace after 100 meters. While she did manage to better that time, she let out a big exhale afterward and didnt look particularly pleased.

Kok prevented Leerdam from becoming just the third female speedskater to win the 500 and 1,000 at the same Olympics.

Also Sunday, Italy beat the U.S. head-to-head by nearly a second in the mens team pursuit quarterfinals but both advanced because they turned in the two fastest overall times. The Italian trio of Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini and Michele Malfatti finished in 3 minutes, 38.40 seconds, and the U.S. squad of Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman clocked 3:39.37.

In Tuesdays semifinals, Italy will meet the Netherlands, and the Americans who left the Beijing Games with the bronze and set the events world record in November go up against China. The final also will be contested that day.

Two-time defending Olympic champion Norway finished with only the sixth-best time of the eight quarterfinalists Sunday and was eliminated.

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米兰（好意思联社）——荷兰速滑选手费姆克·科克在米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会周日举行的500米决赛中，与宇宙记载保抓者埃琳·杰克逊正面交锋并胜出，不仅斩获金牌，还刷新了奥运记载。此前在1000米面容中夺冠的尤塔·莱尔丹这次获取银牌。

科克在临了一个弯说念发力，狂放甩开杰克逊，最终以36.49秒的收获完赛，比队友莱尔丹快了惊东说念主的0.66秒。而就在本周一的1000米比赛中，莱尔丹还曾打败过她。

日本选手高木好意思帆以37.27秒的收获获取季军，这是她在本届冬奥会上摘得的第二枚铜牌，亦然其事业活命的第九枚奥运奖牌。截止当今，她共获取两金、四银和三铜。

杰克逊以37.32秒的收获获取第五名。四年前，她曾代表好意思国队在500米面容中夺冠，成为冬奥会历史上首位在职何个东说念主面容中获取金牌的黑东说念主女性。

当科克冲过特别线时，她高举双臂，令开阔荷兰不雅众慷慨不已。随后她又滑行了一小段，接着用双手捂住了脸。

这与利尔丹（Leerdam）在15轮比赛的第12轮暂时超过后的反馈造成了光显对比。

她的起跑略显逐渐，100米后落伍于高木的节拍。天然她最终普及了速率，但随后长叹贯串，心理并不惬意。

科克（Kok）辞谢了莱尔丹（Leerdam）成为第三位在并吞届奥运会上包揽500米和1000米速滑金牌的女选手。

相通在周日举行的男人团体追赶赛四分之一决赛中，意大利队以近1秒的上风投降好意思国队，但由于两队的总收获位列前两名，双双晋级下一轮。由达维德·吉奥托、安德烈亚·乔万尼尼和米凯莱·马尔法蒂构成的意大利队以3分38.40秒完赛，而伊桑·塞普兰、凯西·说念森和埃默里·莱曼构成的好意思国队收获为3分39.37秒。

在周二的半决赛中，意大利队将对阵荷兰队，而好意思国队——这支在北京奥运会上获取铜牌并于前年11月创下该面容宇宙记载的戎行——将迎战中国队。决赛也将在并吞天进行。

周日举行的四分之一决赛中，两届奥运会卫冕冠军挪威队仅以八强中第六名的收获完赛，缺憾出局。

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