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ISU World Cup will feature a stop at Pettit Center in Milwaukee, Jordan Stolz’s home ice
Mark your calendars Jordan Stolz fans, you now have winter plans.
The International Skating Union (ISU) announced Friday through social media that it has selected Milwaukee’s own Pettit National Ice Center to host the Long Track Speed Skating World Cup Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, 2025. It will be the fourth stop of the World Cup season series.
“It has been nearly 20 years since the last World Cup was held in Milwaukee. We’re excited for the opportunity to host the world’s best speedskaters just one year from the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics,” Paul Golomski, Pettit National Ice Center General Manager, told US Speedskating.
Stolz’s coach Bob Corby said this is an opportunity for everyone to benefit in some way.
“It’s really, really important – and kind of epic, because you get Jordan being able to skate at his home rink in front of a home crowd,” said Corby on Friday. “And, for the public, and especially Milwaukee, they will get to see all the skaters that will be skating at the Olympic Games of the next year – here in Milwaukee.”
Top speed skaters from across the world will compete in the 500 meters, 1,000 and 1500 for both genders and the 3,000 for women and 5,000 for men. There will also be a mass start race, the team pursuit and team sprint.
Ted Morris, US Speedskating Executive Director said in the release: “Wisconsin has a powerful speed skating legacy with 34 Olympic medals won by athletes from Wisconsin. Add the incredible success of Wisconsin’s own Jordan Stolz, and now is the perfect time to bring a Speed Skating World Cup back to Milwaukee.”
The Pettit National Ice Center opened in 1992 and has been the training center for Stolz, of Kewaskum. The venue was the site of the 2018 and 2022 U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Trials, but the pandemic closed the facility to fans, spectators and for the most part, media, in 2022.
This will be a unique opportunity to see Stolz, 20, who is the World Record holder in the 1,000 and the reigning six-time World Champion.
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