Speed Skating

Olympic champion speed skater Nao Kodaira bids adieu on home ice this weekend

PyeongChang 2018 women’s 500m gold medalist will bring her career to a close at the Japanese national single distances championship in her native Nagano

Olympic champion speed skater Nao

Swings skates to historic first at The World Games

Bart Swings added a gold medal at The World Games 2022 to his already impressive resume in speed skating. He also expressed his desire to see roller speed skating included in the Olympics.

Swings skates to historic first

Swedish gold medalist donates medal to jailed Chinese bookseller

Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel donated one of his two Olympic gold medals to Gui Minhai who is currently imprisoned in China. He presented the medal to Gui Minhai’s daughter Angela on Friday.

Swedish gold medalist donates medal

British speed skaters finance Olympic dream through coffee

British speed skating duo, Cornelius Kersten and Ellia Smeding, aren’t only fueled by coffee, but they’re financed by it as well. The two founded their own coffee company as they chased a mutual dream of competing at the Winter Olympics.

British speed skaters finance Olympic

DAY #9 SPORTS FOCUS: Erin “Speedy” Jackson speeds to maiden Olympic gold, while snowfall wreaks havoc on skiing events

Through the sacrifice of a teammate, and a blistering fast skate, U.S. speed skater Erin Jackson put the cherry on top of a heartwarming story by claiming victory in the women’s 500m. The action on ice may have been hot, but outside temperatures were cold as snow fell throughout the competition zones for Beijing 2022

DAY #9 SPORTS FOCUS: Erin

Swedish speedskating double gold medalist charges Dutch with “corruption”

Nils van der Poel says officials from the Netherlands lobby the ice master for special conditions.

Swedish speedskating double gold medalist

Controversies surrounding U.S. Olympic team selections highlight flawed process

As the days continue to countdown towards the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, National Olympic Committees, and their constituent national sports federations, now face the difficult task of defining their athletes and entries for the Games. A task rarely absent of controversy.

Controversies surrounding U.S. Olympic team

Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer chosen for Olympic team

The Beijing Games will be the fifth Olympics for the four-time gold medalist

Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer

Lake Placid prepares for the Lake Placid 2022 FISU World University Championship Speed Skating

Lake Placid prepares for the

A Pechstein’s octuple: German speed skater on track for eighth appearance at Winter Olympics

German speed skater Claudia Pechstein is primed to qualify for her eighth Olympic appearance as a speed skater. Her appearance would set a record for female Olympians, while tying the outright record for most Winter Olympic appearances by any athlete.

A Pechstein’s octuple: German speed

Últimas Noticias

Un ciclón extratropical azotó Uruguay con vientos de hasta 98 km/h y dejó a miles sin electricidad

El fenómeno provocó caída de 120 árboles sobre la vía pública, daños a 13 vehículos y voladura de techos, principalmente en Montevideo, Canelones, Maldonado y Florida, aunque también trajo alivio al sector agropecuario afectado por sequía

Un ciclón extratropical azotó Uruguay

El congreso de Ecuador autorizó el inicio del juicio político contra el presidente del Consejo de la Judicatura

El trámite contra Mario Godoy se sustenta en presuntas irregularidades en la gestión institucional y denuncias de presiones indebidas que comprometerían la independencia judicial, tras la recomendación del presidente Noboa de que renuncie al cargo

El congreso de Ecuador autorizó

Ministro de Defensa inicia gira por Estados Unidos, previo visita de Gustavo Petro: se reunirá con altos funcionarios de Donald Trump

El general (r) Pedro Sánchez sostendrá encuentros bilaterales por tres días en el país norteamericano para mostrar avances en la lucha antidrogas y fortalecer alianzas con el gobierno estadounidense

Ministro de Defensa inicia gira

Rutte se pronuncia por primera vez tras el órdago a Groenlandia para elogiar el papel de Trump en la OTAN y eludir la disputa: “El Ártico debe ser seguro”

El secretario general de la OTAN evita respaldar a Dinamarca en su primera comparecencia tras las amenazas de Trump y centra su mensaje en la seguridad del Ártico

Rutte se pronuncia por primera

Detuvieron a dos sospechosos por el asesinato a tiros de un peluquero argentino en Tulum

Voceros de la Fiscalía General del Estado de Quintana Roo brindaron detalles este lunes sobre las detenciones de Fernando Jonathan y Adán Osvaldo, apuntados como los presuntos tiradores que mataron a Jonatan Emanuel Minucci en el cenote Vesica

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