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Stoppelmoor skates to 500m win for 1st Olympic bid

January 5, 2026 07:10 PM

Zach Stoppelmoor, the reigning national champion in the men's 500m, punched his ticket to the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics with a victory in the same distance at the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Trials in Milwaukee.

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