Jordan Stolz takes home gold for Team USA in 1,000 meters

American skater Jordan Stolz set an Olympic report on Wednesday on the 2026 Winter Video games on his strategy to a gold medal within the males’s 1,000 meters race.

Stolz competed in opposition to Dutch star Jenning de Boo within the ultimate a part of the occasion, ending first and second respectively.

China’s Zhongyan Ning gained the bronze with a time of 1:07.34.

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Jordan Stolz of the USA reacts after the lads’s 1000 meter pace skating race on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (AP Photograph/Luca Bruno)

The American completed in 1:06.28, setting a brand new milestone on the Olympic Video games. De Boo completed with a time of 1:06.78.

Stolz got here into the occasion with the world report for the 1,000 meters already in hand. He set the usual in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2024 with a time of 1:05.37.

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Jordan Stolz prepares for the lads’s 1000 meter pace skating race on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (AP Photograph/Ben Curtis)

It’s the first medal for Stolz in what could possibly be a significant boon for him on the Milan Cortina Video games. He’ll compete within the males’s 500- and 1,500-meter races and the lads’s mass begin later on the Video games. Together with his efficiency within the 1,000 meters, Stolz might very effectively take away a number of extra gold medals round his neck.

Stolz first competed within the Olympics when he was simply 17 and failed to return near the rostrum in Beijing in 2022.

Jordan Stolz of the USA warms up earlier than the lads’s 1000 meter pace skating race on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (AP Photograph/Ben Curtis)

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4 years appeared to have made a world of distinction. Since then, the Wisconsin native has gained six gold medals on the World Single Distance Championships.

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