INTERNATIONAL: Italy's Arianna Fontana outwitted the Netherlands' Suzanne Schulting to claim a record-extending 10th Olympic medal in short track speed skating and retain her title in the 500 metres event at the Beijing Winter Games on Monday.

Fontana, 31, the most decorated short tracker in women's or men's events, now has two more medals than American Apolo Ohno and Russian Viktor Ahn.

The "Angelo Biondo" (Blonde Angel) overtook second-placed Dutch star Schulting on the final lap and screamed with joy as she crossed the line, breaking the near silence at the Capital Indoor Stadium.

"In this scream was all the rage I accumulated in the last three years," said Fontana, who trains in Hungary after what she said was aggression towards her on the ice at home and opposition to having her husband as coach.

"They tried to find a way to hurt us and for us not to be here but we thrived through all this stuff," she told a news conference. "It was tough for sure but it was all worth it."

Arianna Fontana, the short track speed skater with most Olympic medals, threatened on Tuesday not to take part in her home Games in Milan and Cortina in 2026 if a dispute with the Italian skating federation is not resolved.

She trains in Hungary following a dispute with the Italian national skating federation, which opposes her choice of husband Anthony Lobello as coach, and accusations of aggression against her while training on ice.

A spokesperson for the Italian Olympic Committee said there would be no comment on those assertions from the national skating federation. Fontana now stands tied with cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo as Italy's most decorated Olympian.

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