Olympic short track begins Tuesday, Feb. 10, with the qualifying rounds for the women's 500m and the women's 1000m, as well as the mixed relay finals.

The Dutch have traditionally been the dominant force in Olympic speed skating, reflecting a nation built around its waterways, and have now taken a firm grip on short track, the upstart younger branch of the sport.

The U.S. team featured Casey Dawson, Ethan Cepuran and Emery Lehman. Conor McDermott-Mostowy competed for the team in earlier rounds.

Italy’s Arianna Fontana has won her 12th Olympic medal and third gold at her sixth Winter Games. That extends her record as the most decorated short track speedskater of all time.

Former Northern Michigan hurdler Ellyse Wolfrath is trading spikes for skeleton, balancing Olympic training in Utah with 12-hour shifts as a Wisconsin cardiac nurse while chasing a Winter Games dream.

Swiss watchmaker Omega has been the official timekeeper of every Olympic event for nearly 100 years, initially chosen for the 1932 Los Angeles games as it was the only watch brand capable of providing accurate timing to the nearest tenth of a second.

Arkansas State track & field standout Menachem Chen is on the historic Israel bobsled team. He‘s a brakeman on the four-man bobsled squad, they finished 5th in the North American Cup on January 11th. The team earned an Olympic spot on January 22nd. Chen has also competed in two-man bobsled.