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One day after his world record over 1,000 metres, US speed-skating’s rising star Jordan Stolz just missed another record at the speed-skating World Cup in Salt Lake City. The 19-year-old triple world champion won the 1,500 metres on Saturday in 1:40.87 minutes, just 0.7 seconds off the world record set by Dutchman Kjeld Nuis. Stolz, world champion over 500, 1,000 and 1,500 metres, had beaten the world record set by Russia’s Pavel Kulizhnikov in 2015 by 0.32 seconds to 1:05.37 minutes over 1,000 metres on the 2002 Olympic track the day before. This made the young US star only the second speed s…