Learn how Olympic speed skating works—event formats, race distances, elimination rounds, mass start rules, and how skaters advance to medal contention at the Winter Games.

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 ...

A pair of burgeoning rivalries are poised to light up the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at the ...

American speed skater Jordan Stolz won the 1,000 meters at the first World Cup of the season in Kearns, Utah. Stolz's victory puts him closer to securing a spot on the U.S. team for the 2026 Milano ...