One day after setting his world record over 1000 meters, young US star Jordan Stolz narrowly missed another record at the Speed Skating World Cup in Salt Lake City.
The 19-year-old three-time world champion won the 1500 meters in 1:40.87 minutes, only 0.7 seconds better than the world record set by the Dutchman Kjeld Nuis.
Stolz, world champion over 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, had beaten Russian Pavel Kulischnikov’s world record from 2015 by 0.32 seconds to 1:05 over 1000 meters in 1:05.37 minutes on the 2002 Olympic track the day before .37 minutes improved. This made the young US star after Kulischnikov only the second speed skater under the time of 1:06 minutes.
Second in Salt Lake City, as in the 1000 meters, was China’s Ning Zhongyan in 1:41.78 minutes ahead of Wesly Dijs from the Netherlands in 1:42.77 minutes. The best German, Hendrik Dombek from Munich, came eleventh with a personal best time of 1:44.25 minutes.