Stepping to the line well aware that her talented Dutch teammate, Femke Kok, had bettered the event’s existing Winter Games record two heats earlier Monday, and with Paul getting out of his second-row...

As Jutta Leerdam secured her Olympic gold medal, the tears flowed.

Racing in the event's final heat against defending Olympic champion Miho Takagi of Japan, Leerdam never strayed from her steady strides, and she finished in one minute 12.31 seconds in front of a rauc...