It was a cold and snowy spring day last week as I stood on an embankment alongside an oval track. In the background was the century-old Lake Placid High School, while in the distance, snow-covered ...

The muscular speed skater never sought the glory, although he skated for the gold. An adoring public thrust it upon him. Eric ... Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Yevgeny Kulikov ...

No other female speed skater has ever won four golds at a single Games ... She became the first U.S. athlete to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics. 1980 Lake Placid Eric Heiden became an ...

By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast, THR.com YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul and his Olympic speed skater girlfriend Jutta Leerdam got engaged on Friday. The couple announced the news in ...