Speed Skating News & Blogs

• SHORT TRACKAmerican Cho wins 500m world championship Posted Saturday, March 12, 2011 3:19p ET By Universal Sports In one season, American Simon Cho went from being a newcomer to the U.S. short track speed skating team to a world champion.
• SPEED SKATINGNesbitt wins 1000m world championship ahead of Wust Posted Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:10p ET By Associated Press Olympic champion Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the women's 1,000-meter race on Saturday, ending Ireen Wust's winning streak at the speedskating world championships.
• SHORT TRACKU.S. skater Reutter wins historic world title Posted Friday, March 11, 2011 2:41p ET By Universal Sports Two weeks ago, U.S. short track skater Katherine Reutter won the first two overall World Cup titles of her career. On Friday, the 22-year-old broke another barrier.
• SPEED SKATINGDavis grabs 1000m title at Single Distances Worlds Posted Friday, March 11, 2011 9:25a ET By Associated Press Shani Davis of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 1,000-meter race at the speedskating world championships on Friday.
• SPEED SKATINGDavis second in 1500m at Single Distance Worlds Posted Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:59a ET By Associated Press Havard Bokko of Norway upset defending champion Shani Davis of the United States to win the 1,500-meter title at the single-distance speedskating world championships on Thursday.
• SPEED SKATINGDavis wins 1500m race, then season title Posted Saturday, March 5, 2011 10:56a ET By Associated Press Shani Davis won the 1,500-meter speedskating World Cup race on Saturday to guarantee a record fourth-straight overall season title in his favorite distance.
• SPEED SKATINGNesbitt captures World Cup title in women's 1500 Posted Friday, March 4, 2011 6:23p ET By Associated Press Olympic champion Christine Nesbitt captured the World Cup title in the women's 1,500 meters on Friday despite finishing third at the season-ending meet.
• SPEED SKATINGAfter Vancouver, US Speedskating keeps winning ways Posted Friday, March 4, 2011 10:07a ET By Associated Press Apolo Ohno is moving merchandise. Chad Hedrick is enjoying retirement. And Stephen Colbert is taking aim at other comic fodder. No matter. Despite an overhaul at the top and the perpetual struggle for adequate funding, U.S. speedskating is doing just fine.
• MARATHONOhno going from short track to long distance Posted Monday, February 28, 2011 1:48p ET By Associated Press Apolo Anton Ohno knows how to train for elite-level events, the proof is in all those medals that have been hung around his neck. But when he thinks about running the New York City Marathon, Ohno wonders what he has gotten himself into.
• SHORT TRACKReutter, Cho have the winning formula Posted Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:25p ET By Jason Devaney U.S. short track skaters Katherine Reutter and Simon Cho had one of the best three-day stretches of their careers last weekend in Dresden, Germany, as they won a combined three overall World Cup titles.
• SHORT TRACKAmerican Cho wins 500m World Cup title Posted Sunday, February 20, 2011 3:27p ET By Associated Press Simon Cho claimed gold in the 500 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup on Sunday, a day after the American lost a race by one hundredth of a second.