You know I love a dream-that-started-in-the-backyard story and this one gave us chills.Ā
Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Stolz just made history at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, setting a brand-new Olympic record in the menās 1000 meters.
One minute and 6.28 seconds. Gold for Team USA! š„
Our favorite partā¦
When Jordan was 5 years old, he didnāt watch much TV. So, when his mom turned the TV on for two whole weeks during the Winter 2010 Olympics, he was hooked.Ā So what did his family do? They used their ATV to carve a speed skating track right into their backyard and the rest is history!
This is the moment 21-year-old Jordan Stolz realized that backyard ice track dream just became Olympic goldā¦