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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer chosen for Olympic team
The Beijing Games will be the fifth Olympics for the four-time gold medalist

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

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.

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