Beijing, 2 December (Hindustan Reporter). American talent Jordan Stolz won four individual gold medals at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup at the National Speed Skating Oval here on Sunday.
Stolz, who won three gold medals in the men’s 500 m, 1,000 m and 1,500 m events in the first two competition days, won his fourth gold in the “ice ribbon” with a time of 34.39 seconds in the second 500 m race.
Janning de Boo of the Netherlands, who finished second in the first race on Friday, took another silver medal by 0.08 seconds, while South Korea’s Kim Jun-ho finished third in 34.67 seconds.
“I’m very happy to get this win and continue my winning streak in my first two World Cups,” the 20-year-old Stolz told Xinhua.
She also won four gold medals at the season-opening World Cup in Nagano, Japan, last weekend. Sunday’s victory extended their record of 12 consecutive World Cup wins dating back to last season and the Americans are still looking for more wins.
“I’m going to get a little faster, hopefully I can try to win more in the next few World Cups,” he said. But if I lose one or two, it’s okay.”
Regarding his goals this season, Stolz said, “I would like to defend the three titles I have won the last two times. Hopefully I can do that for the third time and I’ve never won overall World Cup points, so I’d love to be able to win it.”
Chinese skaters won two bronze medals on Sunday, with Yang Binyu finishing third in the women’s mass start behind Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands and Canada’s Valerie Maltais, while Liu Bin, Lian Ziwen and Ning Zhongyan finished third behind the men’s team. Won another bronze medal in sprint.
Ning won a silver medal in the 1,500 meters and a bronze medal in the 1,000 meters.
On the other hand, Poland’s Kaja Ziomek-Nogel won the women’s second 500m race in 37.82 seconds and the Netherlands’ Bart Holwerf won the men’s mass start with 60 sprint points.
The ISU Speed Skating World Cup will next be held in Calgary, Canada in January.
