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Kewaskum 21-year-old speed skating phenom Jordan Stolz easily won his first gold medal in the 1,000 meters on Wednesday, Feb. 11, keeping alive his quest for as many as four gold medals at the 2026 Milan/Cortina Olympics.
Stolz is also skating in the 500-meter; 1,500-meter; and mass start races. He's chasing a legacy left by speed skating legend and Wisconsin native Eric Heiden, who won five gold medals in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
Stolz's next chance for gold will prove to be a faster surge to the finish in the 500 meters on Valentine's Day.
Here's what to know about that race and what's ahead for Stolz at the Olympics:
Stolz will compete between 10 and 10:55 a.m. Central time Saturday, Feb. 14.
All events are available live on Peacock or NBCOlympics.com, though the 500 meters is also on the schedule to appear on NBC (WTMJ Channel 4 in the Milwaukee area).
NBC's highlights show, which is certain to include Stolz's race, starts at 7 p.m. Central.
Yes, he's No. 1 in the International Skating Union standings in the event, and it's not particularly close, but he's not as overwhelmingly dominant in this race as the 1,000 meters, which he won Feb. 11.
Stolz took second at a pair of World Cup races in Germany on Jan. 25 and tied for second Nov. 22 in Calgary, and he took fourth Nov. 16 in Salt Lake City. He also won four World Cup races in that same late-2025 stretch.
The world-record time in the event is 33.61 seconds, set in Salt Lake City by Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia in 2019. The Olympic record is 34.32, set by Gao Tingyu of China in Beijing in 2022.
Stolz's best race came in 2024 when he posted 33.69, less than a tenth of a second from the world record and more than a half-second better than the Olympic record. He holds five track records in the distance around the world, including the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
Stolz competed in the event in Beijing, as well, taking 13th.
His biggest competition in the event: Netherlands 1,000-meter silver medalist Jenning De Boo and Poland's Damian Żurek, who defeated Stolz in the 500 in Germany and broke Stolz's two-year-old track record.
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Stolz will compete between 9:30 and 11:05 a.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the 1,500 meters. He'll again be favored to win gold.
On Saturday, Feb. 21, we'll have the men's "mass start," running somewhere between 8 to 10:50 a.m. It's the only race where everyone starts together, covering 16 laps of the track (6,400 meters).
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Watch Jordan Stolz go for gold tomorrow in Olympics; time, TV channel
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Stolz is also skating in the 500-meter; 1,500-meter; and mass start races. He's chasing a legacy left by speed skating legend and Wisconsin native Eric Heiden, who won five gold medals in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
Stolz's next chance for gold will prove to be a faster surge to the finish in the 500 meters on Valentine's Day.
Here's what to know about that race and what's ahead for Stolz at the Olympics:
When will Jordan Stolz compete next in the 500 meters?
Stolz will compete between 10 and 10:55 a.m. Central time Saturday, Feb. 14.
Where can you watch Jordan Stolz skate in the 500 meters?
All events are available live on Peacock or NBCOlympics.com, though the 500 meters is also on the schedule to appear on NBC (WTMJ Channel 4 in the Milwaukee area).
NBC's highlights show, which is certain to include Stolz's race, starts at 7 p.m. Central.
Is Jordan Stolz the favorite to win the gold medal in the 500 meters?
Yes, he's No. 1 in the International Skating Union standings in the event, and it's not particularly close, but he's not as overwhelmingly dominant in this race as the 1,000 meters, which he won Feb. 11.
Stolz took second at a pair of World Cup races in Germany on Jan. 25 and tied for second Nov. 22 in Calgary, and he took fourth Nov. 16 in Salt Lake City. He also won four World Cup races in that same late-2025 stretch.
The world-record time in the event is 33.61 seconds, set in Salt Lake City by Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia in 2019. The Olympic record is 34.32, set by Gao Tingyu of China in Beijing in 2022.
Stolz's best race came in 2024 when he posted 33.69, less than a tenth of a second from the world record and more than a half-second better than the Olympic record. He holds five track records in the distance around the world, including the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
Stolz competed in the event in Beijing, as well, taking 13th.
His biggest competition in the event: Netherlands 1,000-meter silver medalist Jenning De Boo and Poland's Damian Żurek, who defeated Stolz in the 500 in Germany and broke Stolz's two-year-old track record.
More: Olympians like Jordan Stolz sacrifice a lot to compete here | Postcard from Milano
More: It took extra strategy for Jordan Stolz to win his first Olympic gold medal | Lori Nickel
When is Jordan Stolz's next race after the 500?
Stolz will compete between 9:30 and 11:05 a.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the 1,500 meters. He'll again be favored to win gold.
On Saturday, Feb. 21, we'll have the men's "mass start," running somewhere between 8 to 10:50 a.m. It's the only race where everyone starts together, covering 16 laps of the track (6,400 meters).
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Watch Jordan Stolz go for gold tomorrow in Olympics; time, TV channel
Continue reading...
