Women’s team pursuit

Olympic veterans Bowe and Manganello, who aided in the country’s bronze-medal effort in 2018, have lifted the U.S. women into the top 5 globally in each of the last four World Cup seasons. With two medals in three races this year, they secured their second straight top-3 finish.

Typically, Bowe leads the crew, Manganello rides in the middle, and Greta Myers and Giorgia Birkeland split time as the anchor. 

In Saturday’s quarterfinal, Bowe, Manganello, and Birkeland consistently posted the fourth- or fifth-fastest lap splits the whole way through the race, ending in 4th to clinch the last qualifying spot. Their speed began to slip in the final corners, but their synchronicity — a skill the United States has perfect in both its men’s and women’s trios over the last five years — kept them in the race. Their final time of 2 minutes, 58.32 seconds, was 3.29 seconds behind leader Canada. 

As a unit, they broke the national record twice this season.

The three teams rounding out the semifinals are the three medalists from Beijing: Canada (gold), Japan (silver), and the Netherlands (bronze).

Canada enters these Games with the world’s top-ranked trio. Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann, and Valarie Maltais set a new Olympic record in Beijing and made the podium in all three World Cup races this season (1 gold, 2 silvers).

Powered by middle-distance icon Miho Takagi, world record-holder Japan also skated to three top-three finishes this season (1 gold, 2 bronze).

The Netherlands’ Joy Beune, Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong, and Marijke Groenewoud won the 2025 world title in the event.