American Jordan Stolz is happy with winning one Olympic gold medal, but would be ecstatic with three more. The 19-year-old speedskating budding star opened his Games in what could be an epic week by pushing through the final lap in the 1,000-meter race to earn his first Olympic title. He was not alone in shining for Team USA as Americans captured gold and silver in the women's moguls, while Madison Chock and Evan Bates earned a silver in ice dancing. Plus, two-time Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim joins Sports Illustrated for 10 Burning Questions. |
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The Wisconsin native didn't casually kick off his quest for four gold medals in Milan. He made a statement to the world by setting an Olympic record in the 1,000-meter. |
By Michael Rosenberg Jordan Stolz would like you to know he is quite happy with one Olympic gold medal, and he doesn't know if he will win another, but goshdarnit, he is going to try. I would sooner believe that Michael Phelps swam all those years just to stay in shape. Stolz is made for this. The Olympics. The stage. The expectations. All of it. He has even mastered the art of sounding humble and supremely confident at the same time. |
Everybody at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium knew Stolz was favored to win the 1,000-meter race here Wednesday. After 600 meters, he trailed the man on the ice with him, the Netherlands's Jenning de Boo. The Dutch fans—and roughly 97% of speedskating fans are Dutch—were roaring. Was Stolz worried? "I would have liked to be even with him coming out, just because it would have been a bit less pressure in the last lap," he said. "I knew the last lap is still a strong point, so there was still a chance." |
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By Stephen Douglas The women's freestyle skiing moguls event at the Milan-Cortina Games was dominated by Team USA. Liz Lemley took home the gold while teammate Jaelin Kauf won silver. France's Perrine Laffont took bronze. Lemley, who just turned 20 a couple of weeks ago, won gold in her Olympic debut with a score of 82.30. Lemley is putting together quite a resume as she adds Olympic gold to the two gold medals in moguls at the Youth Olympic Games last year. She also won gold and silver medals in the Junior World Championships in 2022. And she holds a pilot's license she earned at 17. |
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By Madison Williams The dynamic and married duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates are officially three-time Olympic medalists thanks to their silver medal finish in the ice dance event on Wednesday at the Milan Cortina Games. France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron ended up capturing the gold medal with a grand total of 225.82 from their combined performance in the rhythm and ice dance routines. Their ice dance routine was scored 135.64. Chock and Bates scored 134.67 on the free dance on Wednesday, bringing their grand total to 224.39. Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier earned the bronze medal with a score of 217.74. |
📺 At the Games: 10 With Chloe Kim |
American snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim joins Sports Illustrated's 10 Burning Questions to answer everything from what the scariest trick she's ever attempted is to her favorite sport to watch. |
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It was a good start to the Olympics for American speedskater Jordan Stolz, center, as he celebrates his gold medal in the 1,000-meter over the Netherlands' Jenning de Boo and China's Zhongyan Ning. |
- 6:15 a.m. ET: Men's freestyle skiing moguls final (USA Network at 6:45 a.m. ET) MEDAL 🏅
- 7 a.m. ET: Women's cross-country 10-km final (USA Network; airs on NBC at 4 p.m. ET) MEDAL 🏅
- 7:45 a.m. ET: Men's snowboard cross final (USA Network at 8:35 a.m. ET) MEDAL 🏅
- 10:30 a.m. ET: Women's 5,000-meter speedskating final (USA Network at 1 p.m.) MEDAL 🏅
- 12:30 p.m. ET: Team luge relay final (NBC) MEDAL 🏅
- 1:30 p.m. ET: Women's halfpipe snowboard final (NBC) MEDAL 🏅
- 2:15 p.m. ET: Women's 500-meter and men's short-track speedskating 1,000-meter finals (USA Network) MEDAL 🏅
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