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16-03-2025
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Jordan Stolz finishes speed skating worlds with two silvers, one bronze
American Jordan Stolz took silver in the 1500m to finish the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships with three medals — two silvers and one bronze — in the three races that he won in 2023 and 2024. Norway's Peder Kongshaug won the 1500m in 1 minute, 44.64 seconds in front of a home crowd at Hamar's Viking Ship. Stolz, a 20-year-old from Wisconsin, finished seven hundredths behind, nearly making up a 68-hundredth gap to Kongshaug's 1100m split time on the last lap. He has now won nine medals in nine career World Single Distances Championships races — the 500m, 1000m and 1500m in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Stolz previously took silver in Friday's 500m -- 16 hundredths behind Dutchman Jenning de Boo -- and bronze in Saturday's 1000m -- 21 hundredths behind Dutchman Joep Wennemars. SPEED SKATING: Full Results 'Given the circumstances leading into the competition, I can be happy with this one,' Stolz said of Sunday's silver to Dutch broadcaster NOS. 'I thought I'd be further behind today. I didn't expect to be that close to winning.' Stolz's season was interrupted in February by bouts of pneumonia and strep throat. He first felt sick Feb. 5 and missed nearly two weeks of training during a break between World Cup races. He won his first three races back on the World Cup from Feb. 21-22. The following weekend, he withdrew from his last two World Cup races before World Championships, citing tiredness from overtraining in coming back from the illnesses. Stolz's coach, Bob Corby, deemed Stolz at 98% last Tuesday going into worlds. Stolz said after Friday's 500m silver that the setbacks last month 'probably' played a role in his performance. On Saturday, he felt he lacked some power in his legs. 'The preparation, we did the best we could, being the circumstances, but some things you just can't change, and there's limited time to be able to fix things,' he said Saturday. Stolz also alluded to the totality of the November-to-March World Cup campaign. Stolz had his busiest season yet on the circuit with 21 races, including winning his first 14 in a row. 'It's hard to be able to skate all of them (World Cups) in one year and have still good results late into March,' he said. 'I'm not so far out of shape that I can't build it back in the summer and be back to where I was.' If Stolz makes the podium in all three races again at the Milan Cortina Games next February, he can become the fifth American to win three individual medals at one Winter Olympics. Also Sunday, the Netherlands won two more golds (Joy Beune, 1500m, and Marijke Groenewoud, mass start) for eight total titles and 18 total medals, tying its own record in both categories. The Dutch women won six golds and 12 total medal out of eight events. Davide Ghiotto earned his third consecutive 10,000m world title to give 2026 Olympic host Italy three golds at a single global championship for the first time. Ghiotto's triumph came one day after Francesca Lollobrigida won the women's 5000m and Andrea Giovannini won the men's mass start. Nick Zaccardi,
NBC Sports
15-03-2025
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Jordan Stolz takes bronze at speed skating worlds in tight 1000m with rival Dutch
HAMAR, Norway — Jordan Stolz took bronze in the 1000m at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships behind one familiar Dutch rival and one new one. Stolz, a 20-year-old from Wisconsin, earned his eighth medal in eight career individual World Championships races, one day after taking silver in the 500m behind Dutchman Jenning de Boo. On Saturday, it was Dutchman Joep Wennemars who won the 1000m in his debut World Championships — 16 hundredths ahead of de Boo and 21 hundredths ahead of Stolz. Another American, Cooper McLeod, was fourth, one day after taking 500m bronze. Stolz swept the 500m, 1000m and 1500m at worlds in 2023, becoming the first man to win three individual events at one worlds (which debuted in 1996). He repeated the triple gold in 2024. SPEED SKATING WORLDS: Full Results | Broadcast Schedule Now he's being challenged by the emerging de Boo, a 21-year-old who has been strong all season, and Wennemars, the 22-year-old son of two-time world 1000m champion Erben Wennemars. Stolz contracted pneumonia and strep throat in early February, then withdrew from his last World Cup races before worlds from March 1-2 due to tiredness from overtraining in returning from the illnesses. His coach, Bob Corby, deemed Stolz's readiness at 98% on Tuesday. 'Everything that's happened in the last month has probably played into it,' Stolz said Friday of his 500m skate. 'I felt like I got all of my power into the ice. It's just going to take a little bit more time to build it back. I wasn't ready for this.' Earlier Saturday, Olympic gold medalist Miho Takagi of Japan repeated as world champion in the 1000m, prevailing by 23 hundredths over 500m world champion Femke Kok of the Netherlands. Kok's countrywoman Jutta Leerdam took bronze. Worlds end Sunday with the 1500m races (including Stolz), the men's 10,000m and the women's mass start, starting at 7 a.m. ET, live on Peacock. CNBC airs highlights at 12 p.m. Nick Zaccardi,
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14-03-2025
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U.S. takes team pursuit gold, Jordan Stolz silver, Cooper McLeod bronze at speed skating worlds
HAMAR, Norway — The U.S. won a medal of every color in men's events, including team pursuit gold, at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships on Friday. Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran combined to win the U.S.' first title in the men's team pursuit since 2011. They beat silver medalist Italy by a sizable 1.93 seconds in the eight-lap event. Jordan Stolz and Cooper McLeod added silver and bronze medals in the 500m won by Dutchman Jenning de Boo. It's the first time two American men made the same individual world podium since Shani Davis and Trevor Marsicano in 2009 in the 1000m and 1500m. De Boo became the first skater to beat Stolz in a World Single Distances Championships race after Stolz swept the 500m, 1000m and 1500m at his first two worlds in 2023 and 2024. SPEED SKATING WORLDS: Full Results | Broadcast Schedule Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands went one-two in the women's 500m, with Kok earning her third consecutive world title in the event. Olympic gold medalist Erin Jackson was fifth, 23 hundredths behind bronze medalist Kim Min-Sun of South Korea. Going back to the men's team pursuit, Dawson, Lehman and Cepuran added a world title to their Olympic bronze medals from 2022 and world record from 2024. The U.S. has won silver and bronze at the Olympics in team pursuits, but never Olympic gold. The event made its Olympic debut in 2006. In the men's 500m on Friday, de Boo broke a 17-year-old track record at the Viking Ship to overtake Stolz and McLeod, who were in first and second place going into the last pair. De Boo clocked 34.24 seconds, edging Stolz by .14 and McLeod, who earned his first individual world medal, by .28. Stolz, a 20-year-old from Wisconsin, in 2023 became the first man to win three individual events at one worlds and the youngest skater to win an individual world title. He repeated the 500m, 1000m and 1500m triple in 2024, plus won a men's record 18 consecutive World Cup races from Feb. 2, 2024, through Feb. 1, 2025. De Boo emerged this season as Stolz's closest challenger, then beat Stolz for the first time on the senior level in Stolz's most recent World Cup 500m on Feb. 28. Stolz contracted pneumonia and strep throat in early February, then withdrew from his last World Cup races before worlds from March 1-2 due to tiredness from overtraining in returning from the illnesses. His coach, Bob Corby, deemed Stolz's readiness at 98% on Tuesday. Stolz next races the 1000m on Saturday and the 1500m on Sunday. He has been more dominant in those races this season — 10 wins in 11 starts — than in the 500m. Worlds continue Saturday with the women's and men's 1000m, the women's 5000m and the men's mass start, starting at 9 a.m. ET, live on Peacock. CNBC airs highlights at 1 p.m. Nick Zaccardi,
NBC Sports
12-03-2025
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JORDAN STOLZ, REIGNING WORLD ALLROUND CHAMPION, HEADLINES COVERAGE OF 2025 ISU WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE ON PEACOCK THIS WEEK
ISU World Speed Skating Championships, Featuring Stolz and 2022 Beijing Olympic 500m Gold Medalist Erin Jackson, Begin This Thursday, March 13, at 1 p.m. ET on Peacock, Live from Hamar, Norway ISU World Short Track Championships, Featuring Team USA's Defending 1000m World Champion Kristen Santos-Griswold, Begin Saturday, March 15, at 2 a.m. ET on Peacock, Live from Beijing Same-Day Coverage of Both Events to Air on CNBC This Week STAMFORD, Conn. – March 12, 2025 – U.S. speed skating star and 2024 world Allround champion Jordan Stolz is expected to race this week at the 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships from Hamar, Norway, beginning Thurs., Mar. 13, live at 1 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. Also, defending 1000m world champion Kristen Santos-Griswold headlines a competitive field at the 2025 ISU World Short Track Championships from Beijing, China, beginning this Sat., Mar. 15, live at 2 a.m. ET on Peacock. ISU WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS Live coverage of all four days of the 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships from Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway, beginning with the first day of action on Thursday, Mar. 13, at 1 p.m. ET, will be presented exclusively on Peacock. CNBC will present same-day coverage of the championships. 2024 world Allround champion Jordan Stolz, who is expected to compete, looks to win his third consecutive world championship in the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m. Also expected to contend is Dutch skater Jenning de Boo, who edged out Stolz by nine hundredths of a second in the 500m at the World Cup event two weeks ago in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The American women's team is expected to be headlined by Erin Jackson, who won gold in the 500m at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. On the CNBC windows, NBC Sports' Bill Spaulding and 2006 Torino Winter Olympic 500m gold medalist Joey Cheek will be on the call. 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships Coverage Schedule All times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change. ISU WORLD SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2025 ISU World Short Track Championships from Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, begin this Saturday, Mar. 15, at 2 a.m. ET on Peacock. The two-day event will be presented live exclusively on Peacock with same-day coverage on CNBC. The U.S. has a strong contingent expected to compete, led by defending 1000m world champion and five-time world medalist Kristen Santos-Griswold and Beijing Olympian Andrew Heo. Santos-Griswold clinched this year's Crystal Globe, awarded for the most points gained across all six World Tour events. The United States also aims to improve upon its third-place finish in the 2000m mixed relay from last year's World Championships. On the CNBC windows, Ted Robinson and two-time Olympic medalist Katherine Reutter-Adamek will be on the call. 2025 ISU World Short Track Championships Coverage Schedule --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
10-03-2025
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2025 World Championships for short track, speed skating TV, live stream schedule
World championships for speed skating and short track speed skating are both this week, live on Peacock with additional coverage on CNBC. In speed skating, American Jordan Stolz headlines worlds at the Viking Ship in Hamar, Norway, from Thursday through Sunday. Stolz, 20, is the two-time reigning world champion in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m. He is the only man to win three individual events at one worlds and the youngest gold medalist in worlds history (dating to 1996). Stolz recently went more than one year between losses on the World Cup, winning a men's record 18 consecutive races before a Feb. 2 defeat. He then had a bout of pneumonia and strep throat in February, recovered and returned to win three World Cup races. He then withdrew in the middle of the most recent World Cup two weekends ago, citing tiredness from training. If Stolz wins three more golds in Hamar, he will pass Shani Davis, one of his former coaches, for second place on the men's all-time world titles list behind Dutchman Sven Kramer, who won 21. Olympic 500m gold medalist Erin Jackson leads the U.S. women's team. Jackson eyes her first individual world championships medal. She is the two-time reigning World Cup season champion in the 500m based on season-long results. However, Dutchwoman Femke Kok won all five of her 500m starts this season. Kok missed six of the 11 World Cups — taking her out of the running for the season title — and won the last two races. 2025 World Speed Skating Championships Schedule Short track worlds are in Beijing with qualifying rounds Friday and finals Saturday and Sunday. Kristen Santos-Griswold recently became the third American to win an overall season title as the world's top skater. The others were Apolo Ohno (2000-01, '02-03, '04-05) and Katherine Reutter ('10-11). At least year's worlds, Santos-Griswold won a medal in all five events, including claiming her first world title in the 1000m. Her primary challengers are from South Korea and the Netherlands, plus American teammate Corinne Stoddard. Stoddard won three medals at last year's worlds (one individual) and was the world's third-ranked skater this past season. Canadian William Dandjinou headlines the men's field. He's ranked No. 1 in the world this season in the 1000m and 1500m and No. 2 in the 500m. 2025 World Short Track Championships Schedule *Delayed broadcast
