Olympics-Speed skating-Norway's Eitrem wins men's 5,000m gold at Milano Cortina

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Speed Skating - Men's 5000m - Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan, Italy - February 08, 2026. Sander Eitrem of Norway reacts to his Olympic record time after the men's 5000m race. REUTERS/Yves Herman

MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - ‌Norwegian Sander Eitrem captured the ‍men's 5,000 ‍metres speed ‌skating title in ‍Olympic-record time ​at ⁠the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics ‌on Sunday, stopping ⁠the ‍clock at six ‍minutes 03.95 seconds.

Czech ‌Republic's Metodej Jilek and Italy's Riccardo Lorello took silver and bronze ‌respectively.

(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare ​in Milan; editing by Clare Fallon)