Francesca Lollobrigida set a new Olympic record of 3 minutes, 54.28 seconds, shaving more than two-and-a-half seconds off the mark set by Dutch legend Irene Schouten four years earlier in Beijing.

Italy star Francesca Lollobrigida has earned 6-figure payday for gold medal glory in speed skating originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking ...

MILAN (AP) — Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy claimed her second gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday, winning the women’s speedskating 5,000 meters by an incredibly narrow margin to ...

After besting the American men, Italy’s Andrea Giovannini pulled out Steph Curry’s famous “night night” celebration.