Sports
2018 Olympics: Mitchell Whitmore Speed Skating Schedule, Results
Waukesha's Mitch Whitmore is shooting for gold in the speed skating 500 and 1000 meter events in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
WAUKESHA, WI — Waukesha's Mitch Whitmore won the men's 500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Long Track Speedskating, and is now shooting for gold in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. He is competing in the 500 meter and 1,000 meter events in the 2018 winter olympic games.
Gold medalist Dan Jansen has been working with Whitmore over the past three years to prepare the Waukesha native for one more shot at olympic glory, after competing in 2010 and 2014.
Schedule of Whitmore's races
Find out what's happening in Waukeshafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Monday, Feb. 19
5:53 a.m. CDT
Men's 500 meter
Friday, Feb. 23
4:00 a.m CDT
Men's 1000 meter
Find out what's happening in Waukeshafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Events will be televised by NBC (or ... NBC will not televise the event on its broadcast stations but you can see it live over the web.) Here’s where to find the full schedule.
We’ll post the results here as soon as they become available.
Here’s where to find the daily Olympics schedule of when athletes in Wisconsin compete, and here’s where to find results.
Image Via U.S. Olympic Team/Flickr
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.