Italian Francesca Lollobrigida crossed the 3000m finish line in 3:54.280 minutes for her first Olympic gold medal. View this story and more Olympics coverage here.
Italian Francesca Lollobrigida smashes Olympic record, takes 3000m gold at Olympic speed skating opener
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Daniel Derajinski/Icon Sport via Getty Images
Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida skated the 3000m in Olympic record time, clinching the country's first-ever Olympic speed skating gold and its first gold medal of the 2026 Olympics.
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