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American Jordan Stolz, 21, took home another gold medal, this time in the men’s 500-meter speed skating competition, after shattering an Olympic record that had been broken just moments before he took the ice.
Stolz turned on the jets late and passed the finish line in 33.77, just sixteen-hundredths of a second shy of the world record and eleven-hundredths faster than the silver medalist.
Stolz took the ice alongside Jenning De Boo of the Netherlands, who skated in 33.88 seconds. Both runs marked the first times the men’s 500 meters had finished in under 34 seconds in Olympic history.
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Jordan Stolz of the United States celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 500-meeter speed skating at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium Feb. 14, 2026, in Milan, Italy. (Elsa/Getty Images)
Minutes before they skated, Canada’s Laurent Dubreuil broke the previous Olympic record with a time of 34.26 seconds but had to settle for bronze.
Entering Saturday, the previous Olympic record was 34.32 seconds.
Stolz is the first American since Eric Heiden in 1980 to win two gold medals in speed skating. Stolz also won the 1,000-meter race earlier at the Games. It’s the first American gold in the 500 since Joey Cheek did so in 2006, also in Italy.
Gold medalist Jordan Stolz of the U.S. celebrates after the men’s 500-meter speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP Photo)
It’s the second Olympic record for Stolz. His 1,000-meter time was 1:06.28. Stolz entered the event with the 1,000-meter world record already in hand. He set the mark in 2024 in Salt Lake City with a time of 1:05.37.
In both events, Stolz shared the ice with De Boo, who also had to settle for silver in the 1,000 meters.
Stolz entered the Games already as perhaps the best speed skater in the world. Going into Milan, he already had 17 international titles.
Jordan Stolz of the U.S. competes in the men’s 500-meter speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo)
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Perhaps there’s more on the way. Stolz will also compete in the 1,500-meter race, an event he’s won four times in world tournaments, and in the team event later in the Games.
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