{"id":10501,"date":"2026-01-08T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10501"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:30:17","slug":"winter-olympics-2026-ellia-smeding-picked-for-gb-speed-skating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10501","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympics 2026: Ellia Smeding picked for GB speed skating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8221;Competing at my second Olympic Winter Games is a dream come true, and after overcoming a difficult year of injury, this achievement feels even more special,&#8221; said Smeding, 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m incredibly excited to compete against the world&#8217;s best on the Olympic stage once again and to show myself, and everyone who has supported me, what I&#8217;m capable of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eve Muirhead, Team GB chef de mission, added: &#8220;The road to a second Games isn&#8217;t a straight line for any athlete, but the way Ellia has rebuilt to reach this moment is a testament to her character.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Team GB are yet to win a Winter Olympic medal in speed skating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Italy, Smeding will be joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/articles\/cpq4xrvz87no\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">short track skater Niall Treacy,<\/a> who will compete in the men&#8217;s 500m, 1000m, and 1,500m. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/articles\/ce9y8nx3ldeo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;Competing at my second &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}