Dutch speed skater Jens van't Voet has become a two-time Olympic champion in short track speed skating. The 24-year-old athlete won the gold medal at the Olympics in the 1500 m distance.
The dramatic short track final of the 2026 Olympic Games ended with the victory of the Netherlands' Jens van't Voet, who beat his closest competitor Hwang De Hoon from the Republic of Korea by 0.85 seconds.
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At the start of the competition, Vaught was in the lead, but after six laps, the 24-year-old skater was already in fourth place. However, with four laps to go, two consecutive collisions occurred: first, three athletes fell along the course and were eliminated from the race for medals, and then two more skaters collided and lost speed.
As a result, the Dutchman broke into the lead and managed to finish the race with a victory, overtaking Korean skater Hwang Dae-Hon by 0.85 seconds. Latvian Roberts Kruzbergs sensationally finished third, winning his country's first Olympic medal in this discipline.