MILAN — Corinne Stoddard broke history on Friday night.
The 24-year-old short-track speedskater from Federal Way captured a bronze medal in the women’s 1500 meters.
This is something that hasn’t been accomplished by an American woman in 16 years.
Although Stoddard ranked No. 3 in the world, she had a rough start in her second Olympic showing.
She fell four times in her first three events.
With her only one race left, Stoddard had one chance at a medal in the 1500 meters.
The 1500 meters event is the longest race in the women’s Olympic short-track competitions, featuring 13 and a half laps.
She had a pretty good lead in the beginning until the final 2 laps, but was eventually overtaken by South Korea’s Min-jeong Choi.
Then Choi was eventually passed by her teammate, Gil-li Kim, on the outside.
Stoddard was able to hold on to third place for the bronze.
The last American to win a medal in short-track speed was John-Henry Krueger, who won a silver medal in the men’s 1000m competition in PyeongChang, South Korea.
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