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

During the 2026 Winter Olympics, athletes will leap off ramps, slide across ice and spin through the air. These performances will look different to my students who have studied physics through sports.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Figure skating traces its roots to 1772, when Englishman Robert Jones provided one of the first documented accounts of the sport. By the early 1900s, figure skating had crossed ...

The American short-track speed skating team will look to get back on the podium at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics after being shutout at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Eight short-track ...

The 2026 Winter Games will mark over a century of speed skating at the Olympics. After making its debut in 1924, the sport has been included at each Winter Olympics since. In speed skating, athletes ...

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 ...

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