December 14, 2025 – Hamar, Norway – An unbelievable clean sweep in every race entered at the ISU World Cup in Hamar, Norway for American Jordan Stolz.
While Stolz set the track record in the 500 earlier this week, he secured the gold medal again winning by just a thousandth of a second 34.146 over Damian Zurek of Poland, 34.147.
The nail in the coffin, though, came in the Mass Start where Stolz, who crashed during the event a week earlier in Heerenveen, put the hammer down in the final lap and took his third place position in the pack, shifted into rocket mode and pulled away for a convincing first-place finish.
A stunning achievement.
”I think I played it smart,” said Stolz. “I saw the opportunity and had nothing to lose anyway. I was pretty tired but tried to keep a good flow.”
Below is the blow-by-blow scenario where you can see Stolz locked in and made his final move to the front to then slingshot out of the turn and put solid distance between himself and the rest of the field.
Stolz, who has unbelievable determination, finished the 16-lap Mass Start in 7:40.18
Coach Bob Corby said Stolz apologized after winning the Mass Start.
Corby shrugged and said it just showed the rest of the skaters what he’s capable of. “He’s so fast that it would have been better not to show how fast you are but since he did, now distance skaters who know they can’t go that fast, are going to raise the pace unbelievably in the Olympics because that’s the only way you can beat a sprinter is to make them too tired to be able to sprint. This race in the Olympics is going to be unbelievably hard.”
Coming up after a Christmas break, it’s the Olympic qualifier at the Pettit National Ice Center – January 2 – 5, 2026.
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.
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.