American Olympian Jordan Stolz sets Olympic record, captures gold in 1,000-meter race

American speedskater Jordan Stolz acceptable an Olympic grounds connected his mode to a golden medal successful the men’s 1,000-meter contention connected Wednesday astatine the 2026 Winter Games.

Stolz went head-to-head with Dutch prima Jenning de Boo toward the second portion of the event. The 2 blazed an unthinkable way connected the crystal and finished archetypal and 2nd successful the race.

China’s Zhongyan Ning got the bronze with a clip of 1:07.34.

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Jordan Stolz of the U.S. reacts aft the men's 1,000 metre speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.  (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

The American picked up a 1:06.28, mounting a caller people astatine the Olympics. De Boo finished with a clip of 1:06.78.

Stolz came into the lawsuit with the 1,000-meter satellite grounds already successful hand. He acceptable the people successful 2024 successful Salt Lake City with a clip of 1:05.37.

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Jordan Stolz gets acceptable for the men's 1,000 metre speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

It is the archetypal medal for Stolz successful what could beryllium a large boon for him astatine the Milan Cortina Games. He’s acceptable to instrumentality portion successful the men’s 500- and 1,500-meter races and the men’s wide commencement aboriginal successful the Games. With his show successful the 1,000-meter, Stolz could precise good travel distant with a fewer much golden medals astir his neck.

Stolz archetypal competed successful the Olympics erstwhile helium was conscionable 17 and didn’t travel adjacent to making the podium successful 2022 successful Beijing.

Jordan Stolz of the U.S. warms up for the men's 1,000 metre speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.  (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Four years appeared to person made a satellite of difference. Since then, the Wisconsin autochthonal has won six golden medals successful the World Single Distance Championships.

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