"Brittany Bowe will bow out of the Olympics without a medal in her best event. A four-time Olympian who said the Milan-Cortina Games will be her last was edged off the podium in the final pair of the speed skating 1,000 meter race Monday, finishing fourth with a time of one minute and 14.55 seconds. Japan's Miho Takagi bumped the 37-year-old American out of third place with a time of one minute, 13.59 seconds."
"The Netherlands' Jutta Leerdam set an Olympic record to win gold, clocking in at one minute, 12.31 seconds. She bested her own teammates' Olympic record set minutes before to push Femke Kok down to silver. Kok clapped with a resigned look on her face after Leerdam's time flashed on the screen. Black mascara stained Leerdam's cheeks as she skated around the arena, saluting the legion of Dutch fans that filled the stands at Milano Speed Skating Stadium."
"Erin Jackson, the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the 500 meters who was skating through three herniated discs in her lower back, finished sixth. Racing in the 1000 meters for the first time in her Olympic career, she clapped cordially at the end of the race. Bowe, who set the world record in the 1000 meters in 2019, hugged her coaches before disappearing off the ice."
Brittany Bowe finished fourth in the Olympic 1,000 meters with a time of 1:14.55, narrowly missing the podium as Japan's Miho Takagi took bronze in 1:13.59. Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands won gold in an Olympic-record 1:12.31, while teammate Femke Kok earned silver. Leerdam set the record after besting a teammate's mark set minutes earlier. Erin Jackson, the 2022 500-meter gold medalist who skated through three herniated discs, placed sixth in her first Olympic 1000 meters. Bowe hugged her coaches and left the ice after the race. Bowe set the 1000m world record in 2019.
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