The Sporting News tracked Jordan Stolz's performance at the 1000-meter speed skating finals.

As is tradition, the Netherlands has a number of athletes who have the potential to medal in the event. Femke Kok, Marrit Fledderus and Jutta Leerdam are among the top-ranked 1000m skaters heading into the Winter Games. It was Leerdam who won the silver medal in Beijing four years ago.

It was a record-breaking day for Jordan Stolz. Skating in the next-to-last heat on Wednesday, Stolz put down a gold-winning time of 1:06.28, in a field of 30 skaters, but it wasn’t truly his medal until 10 or so excruciating minutes later as he waited for another competitor to complete a re-skate.

Jordan Stolz already has one speedskating gold medal after smashing the Olympic record in the 1,000 meters in Rho, Italy, Feb. 11 and finishing with the largest margin of victory since 1984, and more precious metals could be in Stolz' future soon.

The speed skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics begins Feb. 7 with the women's 3000m. Here's what to

Here's the full speed skating schedule for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,