BEIJING, China — Erin Jackson of Ocala has won the gold medal in the women's 500m speed skating event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The former inline skate turned speed skater is the first ...

OBIHIRO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 16: Nao Kodaira of Japan competes during the Women’s 500m division A race on day one of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating at Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval on November 16, 2018 in ...

Speed skating is an Olympic sport that requires tremendous amounts of explosivity, balance and endurance. There are a total of 14 different events for both men and women that range in distance.

Speed skater Erin Jackson won a gold medal for the U.S. on Sunday in the women's 500 meter, becoming the first Black woman to medal in speed skating at a winter Olympics. The last time an American ...

World champion speed-skater Jutta Leerdam said “extra fat” has helped her in her recent success on the ice, which includes winning gold and breaking records in various races this month. “I have become ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --Japan set an Olympic record Saturday during the women's speed skating team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Games. The Japanese team's time of 2:53.61 came during the quarter-final race ...

Team USA hasn't won a medal in speed skating women's 500m since the 1994 Lillehammer Games when American Bonnie Blair won her third gold in the event. Three Americans will look to change that at the ...

American speed skaters Joey Mantia and Mia Kilburg each narrowly missed a place on the podium at their respective speed skating finals on Saturday in Beijing. Mantia placed fourth in the men's mass ...

Team USA's Brittany Bowe looks to make speed skating history in the women's 1000m at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. It has been two decades since the United States has graced the Winter Olympics podium in ...

BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Irene Schouten of the Netherlands scooped up her second Beijing Olympics gold medal when she won the women's 5,000 metre speed skating event on Thursday, as the Dutch team ...

BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Dutchwoman Irene Schouten is seeking to earn another speed skating gold, this time in the women's 5,000 metres on Thursday, as the Dutch team maintains its medal-winning ...