Learn how Olympic speed skating works—event formats, race distances, elimination rounds, mass start rules, and how skaters advance to medal contention at the Winter Games.

Olympian Nick Pearson gives an ABC News reporter a lesson on how to speed skate. KEARNS, Utah <br/> Feb. 18, 2010&#151; -- Putting on a speed skating suit is sort of like squeezing a glove over a foot ...

American Jordan Stolz won his first four races of the speed skating World Cup season, including shattering two track records, in Nagano, Japan. Stolz, a 20-year-old coming off a historic 2023-24 ...

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Anyone who knows of the young, world record-breaking speedskating sensation from Kewaskum knows that. But how fast is fast? Speed is relative, right? So let’s put some perspective on the numbers.

Jordan Stolz from Kewaskum set three track records at the ISU speed skating World Cup No. 3 event over the weekend in ...

Italian speed skater Davide Ghiotto recorded the fastest 10,000m in history by four seconds, but it will not count as a world record. Ghiotto, 30, clocked 12 minutes, 26.30 seconds in Inzell, Germany, ...

Skaters at the Speed Skating Stadium in Milan say the ice feels like skating on a lake. The temporary venue hosted a Junior World Cup on Saturday. Athletes, including Kayo Vos, have noticed cracks ...

Korean speed skaters collected mass start medals at the latest International Skating Union World Cup stop in the Netherlands, ...

As the 33rd Southeast Asian Games light up Bangkok, Thailand, Team Philippines is charging into the spotlight—bringing speed, style, and serious fire across Speed Skating, Figure Skating, and Ice ...

Speed skater Metoděj Jílek won the 10km race in Heerenveen in the Netherlands, claiming his first ever World Cup victory. The 19-year-old Czech clocked 12:29.63 — a personal best and the ...