When the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off on February 6, all eyes will turn to speed skating when some of the world's best athletes compete for a medal. Speed skaters often use a variety of items to help ...

Long track speed skating and short track speed skating, that's the sport that I did, we skate on something called fixed skates, meaning the f- the front two cups that are part of the blade that attach ...

Learn how Olympic speed skating works — event formats, race distances, elimination rounds, mass start rules, and how skaters ...

Races take place on a 111.12-metre oval track on a rink, the same size as an Olympic-sized figure skating rink and an ...

Get the latest Speed Skating news, race results, World Cup standings, and analysis from Reuters, covering the global circuit ...