Speed skating star Jordan Stolz continues dominance, wins 1,500m in Calgary

American speedskater star Jordan Stolz continued his World Cup dominance while Canada's Isabelle Weidemann searched for an extra gear in a race she gets few chances to execute in a season.

A six-time world champion at age 20, Stolz won the 1,500 metres Friday and set a track record at Calgary's Olympic Oval with a time of one minute, 41.22 seconds.

"That track record was, I think, there for awhile," Stolz said. "It was a tough one to beat so I'm glad to take that one.

"Had a really good opener in first lap and then after that, I started blowing up a little, and when I felt that I just attacked the last lap as hard as I could. The last lap was actually pretty good, but it was tough to see straight after that."

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Calgary's altitude and dry air made Stolz suffer for his win. He vomited after the race.

"Had a very bad headache," he said. "You'd lean down, it was just throbbing, feels like it's going to explode."

Stolz, from West Bend, Wisc., remained undefeated in the 1,500 this season and will put his unbeaten record in the 1,000 and 500 to the test Saturday and Sunday in the season's third World Cup.

He won those three distances at last year's world championship here to replicate his 2023 hat trick in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.

"He's a generational talent. It's up to us to try and catch him," said Norway's Peter Kongshaug, who placed third in the 1,500. "In the beginning, it was like people were really in awe, but now it's more annoying."

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