Speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating where athletes race against each other and the clock around a 400m indoor oval track. Athletes are ranked based on time taken to skate the prescribed ...

There is a spring-loaded hinge under the ball of the foot to snap (or “clap”) the blade back into its original position. Clap skates are permitted in long track speed skating but not short track for ...

The Dutch dominate international competition in long track speed skating and it’s no surprise to find the Dutch taking all three medal positions in some events. Here’s what you need to know. What’s ...

Muthukumar Karuppasamy, who helped inspire the team to pick up speed skating, died last summer from a heart attack, ...

Canada will host five international speed skating events in the 2023-24 season. Montreal will host back-to-back short-track speed skating World Cups on Oct. 20-22 and again on Oct. 27-29.

Wang Xiaoying, a member of the executive committee of the Chinese Athletics Association, emphasized that the Beijing Marathon ...

Maame Biney, the first Black woman to make a U.S. Olympic short track speed skating team, announced her retirement from the sport at age 24. “After 19 amazing years in speedskating, I am officially ...

It's all the uncertainty that comes with zipping around the ice with other skaters, chaotic at times, Dandjinou says he loves about short track speed skating. 5-time Olympic medalist Marc Gagnon ...

Olympic speed skating champion Nao Kodaira wrapped up a glittering career by winning her eighth straight women’s 500 meters at the national single distance championships in her native Nagano ...

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Kim Min-seok, a three-time Olympic speed skating medalist born in South Korea, has become a ...

Pain has been a large part of Kristen Santos-Griswold’s short track speed skating career, including at the pinnacle last March. At the World Championships in the Netherlands, Santos-Griswold became ...

So far, 2024 has been a success, with Jutta taking the gold medal in the 1000m Women's race during the ISU European Speed Skating Championships, adding to her trophy case that includes a silver ...