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Jordan Stolz, who had already carved out a standout Milan Cortina 2026 with three medals and two Olympic records, narrowly missed a bronze in the men’s speedskating mass start, finishing fourth just behind Italy’s Andrea Giovannini as Bergsma won gold and Thorup took silver.
Jordan Stolz finished fourth in the men’s mass start at the Milan-Cortina Games, ending his bid for a third gold as Dutch veteran Jorrit Bergsma won and Italy’s Andrea Giovannini claimed bronze; Stolz said the pack’s reluctance to chase cost him a medal after already winning golds in the 500m and 1000m and a silver in the 1500m. In the women’s mass start, teammate Mia Manganello earned bronze in her final Olympic race, signaling retirement.
Dutch speedskater Jorrit Bergsma, at 40, becomes the oldest Olympic gold medalist in speedskating by winning the Milan 2026 mass-start, while Metodej Jilek took gold in the 10,000 meters (with Bergsma earning bronze in that event).
In Milan, Jordan Stolz’s bid for a third Olympic gold in long-track speedskating ends with a fourth-place finish in the men’s mass start as veteran Dutch skater Jorrit Bergsma leads the pack to gold; Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark takes silver and Andrea Giovannini bronze, while Stolz’s coach criticized the peloton’s tactics.
Jordan Stolz finished fourth in the men’s speedskating mass start final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, narrowly missing the podium as Andrea Giovannini surged past him on the second-to-last lap. Bergsma won gold (7:55.50) and Thorup silver (8:00.52), with Stolz clocking 8:04.51. Stolz had already won gold in the 1000m and 500m and silver in the 1500m, leaving Milan-Cortina with three medals but falling short of a historic three-gold haul for an American.
As the Milan 2026 Olympics wrap speed skating, the final mass start pits rising star Jordan Stolz and veteran Mia Manganello for the U.S. in a 16‑lap, four-interval race with semifinals advancing the top skaters. Stolz has quickly risen from junior bronze to World Cup gold and could become only the second American to win three events at a single Games if he takes gold, a feat first achieved by Eric Heiden; Manganello, 36, is chasing medals toward the end of a standout season. The event is streamed on Peacock/NBC platforms.