He’s broken an Olympic record, won two gold medals and a silver, but Jordan Stolz isn’t done in Milan just yet.
Stolz is set to finish out his Olympics with the mass start speed skating competition today, Feb. 20.
Less than two weeks ago, Stolz set an Olympic record in the process of winning his first Olympic gold medal at the 1000m. He went on to win gold in the 500m sprint and just two days ago, took silver in the 1500m — his longest race aside from the mass start.
Here’s everything you need to know about mass start speed skating at the Winter Olympics.
The men’s mass start event is scheduled to begin with semifinals at 9 a.m. ET today, Feb. 21 on USA Network before moving to NBC at 10 a.m. ET. The finals will start at 10:40 a.m.
If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream the Olympics for free.
DIRECTV is our favorite service for watching TV live for free — it has a five-day free trial and there are a ton of options for plans that include both the USA Network and NBC, starting at $69.99/month.
You can also catch every minute of the Olympics with a subscription to Peacock, which starts at $10.99/month.
Mass start is a 16-lap race where all participating skaters start from the same point at the same time instead of racing in pairs and instead of results being determined by time alone, they’re determined by “sprint points.”
Sprint points are awarded during three intermediate sprints, which take place after lap 4, 8 and 12, and the final sprint in lap 16. After each intermediate sprint, the first, second and third skaters to cross the finish line gain 5, 3 or 1 point(s), respectively.
The point value increases for the final sprint; the first, second and third skaters to cross the finish line gain 60, 40 and 20 points, respectively.
The system for awarding points is such that the first three skaters across the finish line have the most sprint points and win the gold, silver and bronze. The remaining skaters are then ranked by sprint points earned in the intermediate sprints, followed by order of finish. For example, the skater ranked fifth in mass start results actually may have finished the race after the skater ranked sixth, if the fifth-place skater earned more sprint points during the intermediate sprints..
The men’s 1000m speed skating world record is currently 1:05.37, held by Team USA’s Jordan Stolz. He broke the previous world record of 1:05.69 on Jan. 26, 2024.
The 1000m Olympic record is two seconds slower at 1:07.18, held by Dutch skater Gerard van Velde since the 2002 Olympics.
The 2026 Winter Olympics end with the closing ceremony on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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