Jordan Stolz began skating on a frozen pond in Wisconsin. He seeks a 3rd Olympic gold Thursday

Jordan Stolz's path to multiple speedskating gold medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics began at age 5 in front of a TV at home in Wisconsin, sitting with his older sister, Hannah, to check out the 2010 Vancouver Games. Then they started watching the figure skating — and I turned around, and both kids were gone.

By HOWARD FENDRICH