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Stolz wins Olympic thousand metres with record final lap
The American beat Jenning de Boo as Ning Zhongyan took bronze.
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Jordan Stolz won the Olympic men’s thousand metres in Milan with a record time of 1:06.28. Jenning de Boo finished second in 1:06.78, while Ning Zhongyan took bronze in 1:07.34, seven hundredths ahead of fourth-placed Damian Żurek.
Stolz and De Boo raced together, with the Dutchman holding a 0.37-second advantage at the six-hundred-metre split. Stolz responded on the final lap to reverse that deficit and finish half a second ahead, maintaining his successful form in the distance.
The American had won the previous fourteen World Cup thousand-metre races he entered. He had to wait through a reskate involving Joep Wennemars before his first Olympic title was confirmed, and identified the remaining events as further opportunities.
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