PROVO, Utah (AP) — Corinne Stoddard and Kristen Santos-Griswold are back on the U.S. short track speedskating team for the Milan Cortina Olympics, part of an eight-athlete squad introduced Saturday night at halftime of the No. 10-ranked BYU men’s basketball team’s game against UC Riverside.
In addition to Stoddard and Santos-Griswold, the other women on the roster for the Feb. 6-22 Winter Games are Kamryn Lute, Julie Letai and Eunice Lee. The men are Andrew Heo, Brandon Kim and Clayton DeClemente.
Short track will be held Feb. 10-20 at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Unlike ahead of other recent Olympics, there were no U.S. trials to select the short track team. Instead, skaters were picked based on recent results. The U.S. long track speedskating team will be determined by the results at Olympic trials in Milwaukee in early January.
Like Stoddard, a 24-year-old from Washington state, and Santos-Griswold, a 31-year-old from Connecticut, Letai, Lee and Heo are headed to their second Olympics.
Stoddard grabbed 12 medals over the four ISU Short Track World Tour stops this season. Santos-Griswold was the world champion last year at 1,000 meters.
Letai, a 25-year-old from Massachusetts, and Lee, a 21-year-old from Washington state, both earned a relay silver at last year’s world championships.
Heo, a 24-year-old from Pennsylvania, won a mixed relay bronze at the 2024 worlds.
Lute is a 21-year-old from New York who goes to the University of Utah, Kim is a 24-year-old from Virginia studying at Stanford, and DeClemente is a 26-year-old from New York.
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The United States men's and women's short track speedskating team is introduced during halftime of an NCAA college basketball game between UC Riverside and BYU, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
The United States men's and women's short track speedskating team is introduced during halftime of an NCAA college basketball game between UC Riverside and BYU, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s parliament on Friday appointed right-wing populist politician Janez Jansa as the new prime minister, in a shift for the small European Union country that was previously run by a liberal government.
Lawmakers backed Jansa in a 51-36 vote in the 90-member assembly. The new prime minister will need to come back to Parliament within the next 15 days for another vote to confirm his future Cabinet.
Jansa's appointment concludes a postelection stalemate in Slovenia after a parliamentary ballot two months ago ended practically in a tie. Former liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob's Freedom Movement won by a thin margin but he was unable to muster a parliamentary majority.
Jansa and his populist Slovenian Democratic Party signed a coalition agreement this week with several right-wing groups. The new government also has the backing of a nonestablishment Truth party that first emerged as an anti-vaccination movement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new term in office will be the fourth for the veteran Slovenian politician. Jansa, 67, is an admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump and was a close ally of former populist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was defeated in a landslide election last month.
Jansa in a speech listed the economy, fight against corruption and red tape, and decentralization as key goals of the future government. He has promised to lower taxes for the rich and support private education and healthcare.
Critical of the previous government's alleged “inefficiency," Jansa said the new government will turn Slovenia into “a country of opportunity, prosperity and justice, where each responsible citizen will feel safe and accepted."
Like Orban, Jansa was staunchly anti-immigrant during the huge migration wave to Europe in 2015. Also like Orban, Jansa has faced accusations of clamping down on democratic institutions and press freedoms during a previous term in 2020-2022. This led to protests at the time, and scrutiny from the European Union.
Golob in his speech described Jansa as “the greatest threat to Slovenia’s sovereignty and democracy."
Alleging that Jansa had threatened to arrest him, Golob said Jansa's "idea of democracy is that anyone who dares speak a word against you deserves only the worst.”
Jansa, a supporter of Israel, also has been a stern critic of the Golob government's 2024 recognition of a Palestinian state.
The vote on March 22 was marred by allegations of foreign influence and corruption. The around 2 million people in the Alpine nation are deeply divided between liberals and conservatives.
Janez Jansa, center, addresses the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)
Janez Jansa arrives for a session of the Slovenian Parliament in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)
Janez Jansa addresses the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)
