Women’s speed skating received official recognition in 1931 when the International Skating Union (ISU) registered the 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m world records established by the discipline’s pioneering ...
Valérie Maltais, who won the overall women’s mass start World Cup title last February and a world championship silver medal in team pursuit, is among 16 speed skaters on the Canadian long track team ...
Speed skater Ivanie Blondin reached the top step of the podium for a third straight day with a victory in the women's 1,500 metres on Saturday at the Canadian long track championships.
Olympic speed skating gold medalist Nao Kodaira is all-smiles after winning her last race, the women’s 500 meters, at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 22. (Sayuri Ide) ...
The first known skating competition is thought to have been held in the Netherlands in 1676. However, the first official speed skating events were not held until 1863 in Oslo, Norway. In 1889, the ...