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Growing up successful Wisconsin, it was comparatively easy for Jordan Stolz to get into speedskating.
Waters are stiff early and often successful nan stiff tundra, which has made the Midwest somewhat of a lucky hotbed.
But watching Apollo Anton Ohno arsenic a kid, nan guidance was earthy for nan 21-year-old.
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Gold medalist Jordan Stolz of nan U.S. celebrates aft nan men's 500-meter speedskating title astatine nan 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, connected Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP)
This past February, he accomplished nan dream by taking location not one, but two Olympic golden medals.
Of course, winning 1 is simply a success, but pinch 3 different badge events, celebrating wasn't precisely nan easiest.
"Yeah, it's beautiful tough," Stolz told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "I mean, I wanted to celebrate, but really I was really focused connected nan 500 (meters), because it's only 1 time disconnected and past nan 500 final."
Stolz's first golden came successful nan 1,000-meter race, but nan unit was connected to triumph a 2nd successful nan 500.
"I benignant of felt for illustration I really needed to triumph that 500. So I wasn't really messing astir astatine all," he said. "So I wouldn't opportunity it was difficult to not celebrate, but competing passim nan full clip of nan games, it sewage a small spot difficult, particularly pinch nan 1,500, and nan infinitesimal I start, there's a batch of clip successful between. There's besides things that tin get messed up."
Jordan Stolz celebrates pinch his golden badge connected nan podium of nan men’s 1,000-meter speedskating title astatine nan 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 11, 2026. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo)
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It was a life of training some connected and disconnected nan crystal successful bid for Stolz to bring location nan hardware, arsenic what's going into Stolz's assemblage mightiness beryllium much important than what he does connected nan rink. Recognizing that importance, he besides makes judge his cat, Mitzi, a stray who showed up connected his structure looking for nutrient erstwhile Stolz was a preteen, is getting a akin nutritional curen pinch Nulo food.
"I'm truthful observant astir what I put into to my body. Now I'm conscionable eating, you know, benignant of unspeakable food, not really paying attention, and it's like, man, I benignant of consciousness for illustration garbage," Stolz said. So it's like, I benignant of get a sensation of what it's like, you know, bad value food. So Mitzi, I don't want her to beryllium eating mediocre nutrition, because she doesn't moreover person a choice, right? It's up to maine to springiness her what's right. So that's why I take to springiness him a Nulo."
While Stolz accomplished his goal, there's overmuch much activity to beryllium done. And he really whitethorn not request to hold until 2030 to do it.
Jordan Stolz of nan U.S. warms up for nan men's 1,000 meters speedskating title astatine nan 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP)
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"I'm gonna support training until nan adjacent Olympics," Stolz said. "Do immoderate World Championships, World Cups, we'll spot what I tin do.
"I mightiness try, you know, a small spot of way cycling this summer, possibly successful LA '28's connected nan table, but we'll see."
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