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Comparisons Between Olympic Stars Stolz and Heiden Get Latter's Approval
Jordan Stolz won gold in both the 500m and 1,000m speedskating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics, matching a feat last achieved by Eric Heiden 46 years ago.
- On Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, Jordan Stolz won the men's 500 meters at Milan Speed Skating Stadium, adding to his earlier 1,000 meters victory this week to become only the second man to claim both at one Olympics.
- At 21, Jordan Stolz, U.S. speed skater from Wisconsin, holds two world titles each in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500 and a world record in the 1,000, reflecting dominance over recent seasons.
- Eric Heiden greeted Jordan Stolz with a hug after the 500 podium and said comparisons were fair, adding he would put aside time to watch Stolz skate.
- Stolz is now aiming for four prizes and plans to skate the 1,500 on Thursday and the mass start on Feb. 21; he said a clean race should yield a good result and chuckled at Heiden's remarks.
- Against that history, the Olympic program has changed as the mass start event, not in Heiden's era, now lets Jordan Stolz contest races Heiden never faced.
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·Washington, United States
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Eric Heiden welcomes comparison to Olympic star Jordan Stolz
Lest anyone think there’s something wrong with comparing current U.S. Olympic speedskating star Jordan Stolz to five-gold-medals-in-1980 Olympic speedskating star Eric Heiden, well, let’s check in on what Heiden himself had to say Saturday after watching the kid win his second race at the Milan Cortina Games. “I think it’s fair,” Heiden responded. “And I’ll tell you: I’m proud to be mentioned in the same sentence as Jordan Stolz. That kid’s a st…
·Chicago, United States
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