Erin jackson image – Credit: (Imagn) The 2022 Winter Olympic speed skating competition involved the most historically successful team maintaining prominence while new faces grabbed a hold of the sport.  The Netherlands remained the dominant country with 12 medals including ...

Bart Swings – Credit: (Imagn) Bart Swings won the men’s mass start speed skating event on Saturday to give Belgium its first Winter Olympic gold medal since 1948.  The final stretch was as close as they come with the difference between ...

Bart Swings – Credit: (Imagn) Bart Swings won the men’s mass start speed skating event on Saturday to give Belgium its first Winter Olympic gold medal since 1948.  He set the peloton’s pace for most of the race and was in ...

Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after her DNF in the slalom portion of the women's combined – Credit: Getty Images Each day of the 2022 Winter Games, NBC Olympics will run down every sport in action, highlighting the biggest athletes and marquee ...

joey mantia – Credit: (Imagn) Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics concludes with the mass start events for both the men and women. The festivities begin with two semifinals of 15 skaters in each discipline. Eight athletes from each ...

Martina Sablikova – Credit: (Imagn) Speed skater Martina Sablikova became the Czech Republic’s all-time leader in Olympic medals on Thursday. The 34-year-old placed third to earn the bronze in the women’s 5000m distance — her seventh career podium finish — ...

Olympic oval in Beijing – Credit: (Getty Images) As training for the long track speed skating competitions entered the eighth day ahead of the Winter Olympic Games, skaters said they were getting used to the venue and unfamiliar conditions at the new Beijing ...

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