Explore the latest developments concerning Jordan Stolz, Mia.
Jordan Stolz, Mia Manganello take on mass start as Olympic speed skating concludes on Saturday
With 11 days of speed skating competition down, there's just one more event on the 2026 Olympic program: the mass start.
A chaotic event that resembles short track more closely than any of the other speed skating races, the mass start typically features between 16 and 24 skaters racing around the oval in a pack. The 16 laps are split into four intervals, marked by a sprint every four laps.
Both events feature two semifinals of 14 or 15 skaters each. The top eight skaters in each semifinal advance to the final.
Two Americans have two legitimate shots at gold in Milan: Sprint sensation Jordan Stolz and world No. 1 Mia Manganello.
When does Jordan Stolz skate in Mass Start today? Time, TV
This is your last chance to watch Jordan Stolz chase gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, and this time, everybody else will be chasing it at the same time.
After taking silver in the 1,500 meters – a race he was favored to win – Stolz has one more chance to procure a third speed skating gold medal at the 2026 Milan/Cortina Olympics, one he could pair with his golds in the 1,000 and 500 meters. He's competing on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 21 in the Mass Start event.
If the 21-year-old from Kewaskum does get his third gold medal, he'll become the first U.S. athlete to win more than two golds at the same Winter Games since another Wisconsin speed skating phenom – Eric Heiden.
BELIBUY Cordless Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Suction Vacuum Cleaner Can Absorb Dust Debris Pet Hair Multi-functional Household Car
Olympics news, live updates: Jordan Stolz aims for third gold, while U.S. women's curling plays for bronze
Team USA kicked it off with a record-breaking gold medal, courtesy of an impressive mixed aerials performance from Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis. The Americans now have 11 golds in Italy, their most in a single Winter Games.
After gold-medal performances in the 500 meters and 1,000 meters, the 21-year-old Stolz had an opportunity to become the first athlete in 46 years to complete speedskating’s sprint treble at an Olympics. But the Wisconsinite took silver Thursday in the 1,500, an event he's mostly dominated.
Stolz's final event in this year's Games is the mass start. Earlier in the Olympics, he said that winning that chaotic race would be just "a bonus." The mass start made its Olympics debut in 2018. It's the only long-track race where every skater starts together. The first three racers to cross the finish line of the 16-lap final win gold, silver and bronze.
For more detailed information, explore updates concerning Jordan Stolz, Mia.
0 Comments