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 ...

World championships for speed skating and short track speed skating are both this week, live on Peacock with additional coverage on CNBC. In speed skating, American Jordan Stolz headlines worlds at ...

The blades on a short track speed skating skate aren't right in the middle — they're off centre, placed to the left, so that the boot doesn't touch the ice when the skaters lean in on the curves.

HAMAR, Norway — Jordan Stolz took bronze in the 1000m at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships behind one familiar Dutch rival and one new one. Stolz, a 20-year-old from Wisconsin, ...

Canada's Brooklyn McDougall, Beatrice Lamarche and Ivanie Blondin won silver in the women's team sprint Thursday to open the ISU world speed skating championship. Calgary's McDougall, Quebec City ...

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 ...

Ice hockey, figure and speed skating (including the faster short ... Beijing will host the 13th Winter Paralympics in 2022, with the first edition of the Games taking place in Örnsköldvik ...

The Dutch squad has finished this year’s World Distance Speed Skating Championships with a clear lead in the medals table, taking eight gold, six silver, and four bronze medals. The Dutch women in ...