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Final day of ISU World Cup in Hamar – Stolz skates 500m & Mass Start

December 14, 2025 – Hamar, Norway – It’s the final skate today at the ISU World Cup in Hamar, Norway and for Jordan Stolz that means two events, the 500m and the Mass Start.

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Stolz will try to better the track record he set Friday night, when he topped Jenning De Boo’s record by skating a 33,97. Stolz has been on a tear this week crushing standing track records. In the 500m he will skate in the ninth pair against Damian Zurek of Poland.

Zurek’s personal best is a 33,850.

The other big race on tap is the Mass Start and fans are going to see if Stolz can be the comeback kid. It was last Sunday in Heerenveen when a crash took out Stolz in the early part of the race.

Earlier in the season, the 21-year-old picked up a bronze in Calgary.

On an interesting side note:

USA team member Cooper McLeod learned the power of noise-cancelling headphones as he almost got crushed by falling scaffolding earlier this week.

The 500m begins around noon Sunday, and the Mass Start for men will be around 1:15 p.m.

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November 24, 2025 – Calgary, CA – Jordan Stolz added two more medals to his fast-growing World Cup résumé over the weekend, claiming gold in the 500m and securing his first career Mass Start podium with a gritty bronze at the ISU World Cup in Calgary.

The Mass Start marked a milestone for the 21-year-old from the Town of Wayne, who is only beginning to test himself in the 16-lap discipline.

Asked how it felt to finally land on the podium, Stolz said, Feels good. I thought I had a nice last little inner turn. I cut some people off, which probably wasn’t the nicest thing to do, but yeah, it turned out well.

Stolz, who grew up racing pack-style events, said the chaotic nature of the race wasn’t unfamiliar. “I did a lot of pack racing… from the time I was 5 until 14, it was all pack races,” he said. “So I’m pretty used to it.”

Still, the senior Mass Start is a different beast.

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