Olympic ice is engineered to balance grip and glide. Here’s how physics, chemistry, and meticulous ice making shape the fastest sport on ice.

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. Athletes race against the clock wearing suits that offer ...

Speed skater Jordan Stolz has an almost unbreakable hold on the men's side of the sport. He could leave the 2026 Winter Games with four gold medals.

To qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics, speed skaters both must earn qualifying points at four World Cup events which precede the Games and achieve the times set by the International Skating Union (ISU) for their respective distances.

MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — Speed skating — one of the fastest and most technical sports of the Winter Olympics — will return to the spotlight at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games with a full slate of long track, short track and mass start events.

Mia Manganello is as fancy as she is fast. The Olympic bronze medalist in long track speedskating admits she's bougie.

Four years after disappointing results at the 2022 China Olympics, Wisconsin native Jordan Stolz aims to dominate speed skating at the Games in Italy.

Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers tops all skaters with a speed of 24.61 miles per hour. McDavid recently agreed to a two-year, $25 million contract extension to remain in Edmonton. Columbus Blue Jackets wing Miles Wood still holds the modern-day speed ...

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- Speed skater Kim Jun-ho has broken the South Korean national record in the men's 500 meters. Kim won the bronze medal in the men's 500m at the first International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup of the season at Utah ...

U.S. Figure Skating made its selections for who will start the rhythm dance, pairs short program and women's short program.