Team USA picks up silver medal in men's team pursuit speedskating

Team USA men’s speedskating took location a metallic medal connected Tuesday astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, finishing conscionable down Italy successful the squad pursuit competition.

The squad comprised of Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman finished with a clip of 3:43.71 and was bully capable for 2nd spot successful the event. Italy’s team, featuring Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini and Michele Malfatti, clinched the golden medal with a clip of 3:39.20.

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Team USA members Ethan Cepuran (white armband), Casey Dawson (red armband) and Emery Lehman (yellow armband) observe winning the metallic medal successful the men's squad pursuit speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 17, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

The U.S. started good against Italy this clip astir but the Italians charged up successful the closing laps.

It’s the 2nd squad pursuit medal for Cepuran, Dawson and Lehman. They were connected the squad with Joey Matia astatine the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The trio acceptable a satellite grounds successful squad pursuit successful November with a clip of 3:32.49.

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Casey Dawson of United States, Emery Lehman of United States and Ethan Cepuran of United States observe winning metallic successful the men's squad pursuit connected Feb. 17, 2026.  (REUTERS/Yves Herman)

Cepuran, Dawson and Lehman had hoped that their squad effort would person been capable to beryllium capable to seizure the gold. They antecedently acknowledged that they weren’t the strongest of skaters but knew they were a large team. Dawson withdrew from the Olympic 10,000 meters past week to absorption connected squad pursuit.

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Ethan Cepuran of United States, Casey Dawson of United States and Emery Lehman of United States successful enactment during Final A connected Feb. 17, 2026. (REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw)

China picked up a bronze medal successful the event, holding disconnected the Netherlands. Liu Hanbin, Wu Yu and Li Wenhao helped pb the squad to a third-place finish.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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