Stoddard Sizzles as Gold Medallist in Intense Short Track Race!
Clayton DeClemente recorded the best individual U.S. men's finish in 12 years.
Corinne Stoddard followed her Olympic 1500m bronze medal — the first medal for a U. S. women's short track speed skater since 2010 — with another 1500m bronze at the World Championships in Montreal.
Stoddard, a 24-year-old from the Seattle area, placed third in Sunday's final behind gold medalist South Korean Kim Gil-Li and Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands. Stoddard upped her career world medal total to four. She previously won three medals in 2024.
Kim and Velzeboer combined to win the three individual women's events at worlds, just as they did at the Olympics. SHORT TRACK: Full Results Kim, the Olympic 1500m gold medalist, won the 1000m and 1500m at worlds. Velzeboer, the Olympic 500m and 1000m gold medalist, won the 500m at worlds for the fourth time in the last five years and added silvers in the 1000m and 1500m.
American Kristen Santos-Griswold, the world's top-ranked skater last season, did not enter worlds. It's not unusual for skaters to skip worlds in the Olympic year. In men's finals, South Korean Rim Jong-Un won the 1000m and 1500m, while Canadian Steven Dubois took the 500m, just as he did at the Olympics.