Video: After Stolz wins 500, opts out of 1500 Video: After Stolz wins 500, opts out of 1500 * Brittany Bowe and Emery Lehman won their respective 1,500-meter races to qualify for the Milan Cortina Games.

Four years ago, a stumble at the Pettit National Ice Center nearly cost Erin Jackson the opportunity to go to the Beijing Olympics and ultimately a speed skating gold medal.

MILWAUKEE -- Erin Jackson won the women's 1,000 meters at the U. S. Olympic trials for long track speedskating by finishing faster than her good friend, world record-holder Brittany Bowe, on Saturday to qualify in that event for the Milan Cortina Winter Games, where she also will defend her gold medal in the 500.

MILWAUKEE - Erin Jackson won the women's 1,000 meters at the U. S. Olympic trials for long track speedskating by finishing faster than her good friend, world record-holder Brittany Bowe, on Saturday to qualify in that event for the Milan Cortina Winter Games, where she also will defend her gold medal in the 500.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Erin Jackson won the women's 1,000 meters at the U. S. Olympic trials for long track speedskating by finishing faster than her good friend, world record-holder Brittany Bowe, on Saturday to qualify in that event for the Milan Cortina Winter Games, where she also will defend her gold medal in the 500.