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 ...
The Dutch dominate international competition in long track speed skating and it’s no surprise to find the Dutch taking all three medal positions in some events. Here’s what you need to know. What’s ...
Develop your skills and practice with a variety of skating and hockey drop-in programs to suit your schedule. A CSA-approved hockey helmet is strongly ... You must be a competent forward and backward ...
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 ...
Maame Biney, the first Black woman to make a U.S. Olympic short track speed skating team, announced her retirement from the sport at age 24. “After 19 amazing years in speedskating, I am officially ...
Canada will host five international speed skating events in the 2023-24 season. Montreal will host back-to-back short-track speed skating World Cups on Oct. 20-22 and again on Oct. 27-29.
"By day he was a handsome machine in gold; by night he donned his red and blue sweat suit and strode ... but a better speed skater. When he reached 14, he began skating seriously, training five ...
Pain has been a large part of Kristen Santos-Griswold’s short track speed skating career, including at the pinnacle last March. At the World Championships in the Netherlands, Santos-Griswold became ...
Speedskater 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. Blondin, an ...