"Stolz established himself as a two-time Olympic gold medalist, halfway to his goal of four at the Milan Cortina Games, by winning the 500 meters on Saturday to follow up his victory in the 1,000. Those twin triumphs allowed Stolz, a 21-year-old from Wisconsin, to join Heiden as the only men to complete the 500-1,000 double in speedskating at one Olympics."
"Heiden, of course, did it as part of his record sweep of all five individual events at the 1980 Lake Placid Games for the U.S., taking everything from the 500 to the 10,000, and all in Olympic-record time. Stolz finished the 500 in an Olympic-record time of 33.77 seconds, after also setting a Games mark in his win in the 1,000 on Wednesday."
Jordan Stolz won the Olympic 500 meters in 33.77 seconds, an Olympic record, after earlier claiming the 1,000 in a Games mark. The twin victories made Stolz a two-time Olympic gold medalist and completed the 500-1,000 double at a single Olympics. Eric Heiden is the only other man to achieve that double. Jenning do Boo of the Netherlands took silver in both events, and Canada's Laurent Dubreuil earned bronze in the 500. Stolz, 21 and from Wisconsin, did not enter the 5,000 or 10,000 in Milan and seeks up to four medals at his second Winter Games.
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