American speedskater Mia Manganello wins bronze medal in women's mass start in final Olympic race

American speedskater Mia Manganello won a bronze medal successful the women’s wide commencement connected Saturday astatine the Milano Speed Skating Stadium successful her last race. 

Manganello, 36, made a propulsion successful the past thigh to onshore her connected the podium. The Netherlands' Marjike Groenewoud won gold, portion Canada’s Ivanie Blondin narrowly edged retired Manganello to triumph silver. 

For Manganello, it was her archetypal idiosyncratic medal successful 3 Olympics appearances. She won a bronze medal successful women’s squad pursuit successful the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games. 

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Mia Manganello of the U.S. celebrates winning the bronze medal successful the women's wide commencement last speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics. Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 21, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

However, Manganello’s travel to the podium has not been linear. The Crestview, Florida, autochthonal competed successful 2 U.S. Olympics trials successful velocity skating for the Vancouver Games successful 2010, but did not marque the team. 

She past switched sports and became a nonrecreational cyclist. After six years, she returned to velocity skating successful 2016 and made the U.S. squad for the Pyeongchang Games and won the aforementioned bronze medal successful women’s squad pursuit.

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Mia Manganello of the U.S. celebrates winning the bronze medal connected the podium of the wide commencement speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics. Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 21, 2026. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo)

In the 2022 Beijing Games, Manganello finished 4th successful the women’s wide start, conscionable missing retired connected the podium. In 2025, Manganello won her archetypal International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup wide commencement race.

In her last Olympic race, she brought location bronze. 

Manganello’s bronze medal is the U.S. women’s archetypal medal successful velocity skating astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Games. 

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Mia Manganello of the U.S., left, is congratulated by teammate Greta Myers aft winning the bronze medal successful the women's wide commencement last speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics. Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 21, 2026. (Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)

There was 1 different American successful the race, Greta Myers, who finished 12th. Myers and Manganello embraced aft the race.

Manganello’s bronze medal gave the United States 31 medals for the Olympic Games, which broke a necktie with Italy for the 2nd astir medals. Norway has the astir full medals with 40. 

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