Wisconsin-US teen Jordan Stolz is first man to win three individual golds at speed skating worlds.

No man had ever won three individual titles at world champs 18-year-old started skating on a pond in his family’s backyard

His victory in the 1500m went alongside earlier wins in the 500m and 1000m. His time of 1 minute, 43.59 seconds on Sunday in the 1500m was good enough to beat double Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands by 23 hundredths of a second.

Stolz took up skating on his family’s three-acre backyard pond in the small Wisconsin village of Kewaskum, about 45 minutes north of Milwaukee. He had been inspired by watching Apolo Anton Ohno’s short-track exploits at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on television. After initially training in short track, he moved toward the long track after a few years and began winning national championships when he was in fifth grade.

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