Speed skater Nils van der Poel – Credit: (Getty Images) It takes a lot of preparation and attention to detail to get the ice just right for speed skating. Too hard and the surface can crack. Too soft, worker ice ...
Speed skater Nils van der Poel thumbnail – Credit: (Getty Images) The longest speed skating race of the 2022 Winter Olympics commences Friday as six pairs of athletes get one shot for the 10,000m gold medal. The Netherlands rule the ...
Speed skater Irene Schouten – Credit: (Imagn) Irene Schouten of the Netherlands secured her second gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics by winning the women’s 5000m speed skating competition on Thursday. She did so by setting the Olympic record ...
speed skaters – Credit: (Getty Images) The Canadian ice maker for the National Speed Skating Oval at the Beijing Olympics denied on Wednesday a media report suggesting the Dutch team was leaning on him to make conditions favorable for their skaters. A website in ...
kristen Santos – Credit: (Imagn) The Netherlands, China, South Korea and Canada will compete for medals in the women’s 3000m relay final after Wednesday’s semifinal races. The United States quartet of Kristen Santos, Maame Biney, Corrine Stoddard and Julie Letai finished ...
Suzanne Schulting – Credit: (Getty Images) The field in the women’s 1000m short track discipline shrunk from 32 skaters to 20 after Tuesday’s heats, and three Americans made it through to the quarterfinals. U.S. skater Kristen Santos won her individual race ...
Thomas Krol speed skater – Credit: (Getty Images) For three minutes on Tuesday, Dutch speed skater Thomas Krol thought he had won a gold medal. The 29-year-old skated a 1:43.55 time in the men’s 1500m to set the Olympic record, ...
Charles Hamelin speed skater – Credit: (Imagn) Short track speed skating continues at the Winter Olympics with five events on Wednesday starting at 6 a.m. ET. The men’s 1500m quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds are on the slate providing the ...
Kjeld Nuis – Credit: (Getty Images) Dutch skater Kjeld Nuis set the Olympic record and won the gold medal in the men’s 1500m speed skating event on Tuesday. Thomas Krol, also of the Netherlands, earned the silver medal in his Olympic debut. South ...
Ester Ledecka at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Credit: Getty Images Two-sport athlete Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic defended her 2018 Olympic gold in snowboarding parallel giant slalom Tuesday at the 2022 Winter Games, defeating Austrian Daniela Ulbing in the big ...