Learn how Olympic speed skating works — event formats, race distances, elimination rounds, mass start rules, and how skaters ...

Long track speed skating and short track speed skating, that's the sport that I did, we skate on something called fixed skates, meaning the f- the front two cups that are part of the blade that attach ...

Apolo Ohno on the collision and re-skate in the men's 1000m speed skating final and why skaters switch lanes. You may be asking, "Why the hell do these guys have to start over, and why was there that, ...

Speed skater Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong won the women's 1500m Friday, finishing just six one-hundredth of a second ahead of ...

Get the latest Speed Skating news, race results, World Cup standings, and analysis from Reuters, covering the global circuit ...

In just four days, Jordan Stolz has transformed from a rising star into a living legend, etching his name into the ice of the 2026 Winter Olympics with a performance of unprecedented speed. By ...

When the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off on February 6, all eyes will turn to speed skating when some of the world's best athletes compete for a medal. Speed skaters often use a variety of items to help ...

MIAMI, Jan. 28 (UPI) --Speed skaters mostly frolic on frozen floors, but when they aren't slicing ice during the Winter Olympics, they can be found biking hundreds of miles, using power unmatched by ...

Francesca Lollobrigida won two speed skating golds in Milan, two years after having son Tommaso.

Polish speed skater Kamila Sellier suffered a dramatic injury at the 2026 Winter Olympics when she was slashed by a skate near her eye. The incident happened during the women's 1500m event on Friday, ...

With the Winter Olympics upon us, we have a chance to watch sports that we rarely see. Sports such as curling, luge, bobsleigh, and speed skating. No doubt both McAnuff and O'Brien are proud to ...

Speed skating is set for a move to the Netherlands in ​the 2030 Winter Olympics, after the ‌IOC's executive board approved a venue plan for the Games to be hosted in ​the French Alps, with several ice ...