sports
February 15, 2026
Beauty Duel Goes to Femke Kok at the Winter Olympics: She Broke the Record and Left the Most Beautiful Athlete of the Winter Olympics Behind
Dutch skater Femke Kok won the gold medal in the 500-meter speed skating event at the Olympic Games, setting a new Olympic record with a time of 36.69 seconds. She was better than her compatriot Jutta Leerdam, who has been getting a lot of attention in Italy for some time.
TL;DR
- Femke Kok won the Olympic gold medal in the 500m speed skating event.
- Kok set a new Olympic record with a time of 36.69 seconds.
- Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands won the silver medal.
- Miho Takagi of Japan won the bronze medal.
- Kok is the first Dutch woman to win a medal in this discipline.
- Kok's win contributed to the Netherlands' fifth gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
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