Articles in the ‘Speed Skating’ Category

Followers of the Olympics have probably noticed that many of the event categories are divided into subcategories with no crossover between them. For example, skiing has alpine and cross-country events, with both being clearly different from one another in some big ways, and snowboarding similarly has no crossover between the trick-focused halfpipe events and [...]

After yet another great performance at this year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver, American’s most decorated Winter Olympic athlete in history is deflecting questions about whether he will be back for more at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Apolo Anton Ohno, who will be 32 when the next winter games roll around, has been busy [...]

In the latter in the 16th century, people actually started to look at skating as a fun and as a sports activity. In the late 16th century a Scotsman designed a unique skate having iron blades. It was this design of the iron bladed skates that eventually made skating and speed skating [...]

Since the inception of the Winter Olympic Games, speed skating has been a part of it. Speed skating was first introduced as a men’s only sport. For the first time, the women’s event was introduced in 1960.
When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was formed, International Skating Union (ISU), the [...]

Short track speed skating is an exciting, adrenalin filled sport having its own heart-stopping moments. The origins of the short track speed skating can be traced back to Canada and the United States. This type of skating first came into the picture in 1905.
The first official competition took place in the year [...]