In Stavanger, the men’s 1500-meter race was won by Jordan Stolz, who also established a new track record in the process. Stolz, who just became the youngest man ever to win a World Cup race, described the experience as “insane.” “I was clueless about how everything was going to turn out. Going into the race, I did not have any expectations for myself.” At the end of the race in Norway, the 18-year-old proved to be just a little bit faster than the runner-up, who was from Canada, and Zhongyan Ning of China won the bronze medal.
In the men’s 1500-meter event at the 2022-23 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, which was held in Stavanger.
Jordan Stolz not only won his first gold medal but also set a new track record on the way to the finish line
The 18-year-old competitor from the United States finished in a time of 1:44.891, more than one and a half seconds ahead of the runner-up from Canada, Conor Howe, while the bronze medalist came from China, Zhongyan Ning.
Stolz, who just became the youngest man ever to win a World Cup race, described the experience as “crazy.” “I was clueless about how anything was going to turn out. Going into the race, I did not have any expectations for myself.”
The United States of America had even more success on Friday, capping up a busy day of competition in Norway by winning the men’s team pursuit.
The American trio consisting of Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman, and Ethan Cepuran finished 0.60 seconds faster than the Dutch three consisting of Patrick Roest, Marcel Bosker, and Beau Snellink to win the maximum 60 points.
Norway, the competition’s hosts, came in third place, ahead of Italy, with Canada, Denmark, and China following closely behind.
Min-Sun Kim of South Korea won the women’s 500-meter race, finishing half a second ahead of Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands. Miho Takagi of Japan, who won the silver medal in the women’s 500-meter race at the Olympics, won the bronze medal, finishing ahead of Vanessa Herzog.
Erin Jackson, a former Olympic and World Cup champion, was unable to continue the United States’ success and finished in eighth place.
Irene Schouten came in second place in the women’s 3000m race, which was won by Ragne Wiklund, a fan favorite from the host country. Ragne Wiklund won by almost two seconds and earned maximum points.
On the first night of competition in Norway, Olympic and World Cup winner Schouten had to settle for the silver medal, while Isabelle Weidemann won the bronze.
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