- No man had ever won three individual titles at world champs
- 18-year-old started skating on pond in family’s backyard
At the age of 18, Jordan Stolz already looks like one of the most dominant winter sports athletes on the planet.
On Sunday, he finished an extraordinary few days of success by becoming the first man to win three individual golds at a single distance world speed skating championships. His victory in the 1500m went alongside earlier wins in the 500m and 1000m. His time of 1 minute, 43.59 seconds on Sunday in the 1500m was good enough to beat double Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands by 23 hundredths of a second.
