Speed Skating News & Blogs

• SPEED SKATINGWust claims third allround title at Worlds Posted Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:51p ET By Associated Press Defending champion Ireen Wust of the Netherlands earned her third career title at the World Allround Speedskating Championships on Sunday after finishing in the top three in all four races.
• SPEED SKATINGKramer, Wust lead at Allround speedskating worlds Posted Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:14a ET By Associated Press Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the men's 5,000-meter race with a new track record to top the standings dominated by Dutch skaters after two races at the World Allround Speedskating Championships on Saturday.
• SPEED SKATINGDutch hopes grow for 125-mile speedskating race Posted Monday, February 6, 2012 3:02p ET By Associated Press Sports events across Europe are falling victim to the continent's deep freeze, but the Dutch are ecstatic, hoping that the revered "Eleven Cities" speedskating race can be staged later this month for the first time in 15 years.
• SPEED SKATINGNesbitt breaks world record in 1,000m Posted Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:39p ET By Associated Press Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt broke the world record in the 1,000 meters Saturday in the world sprint championship.
• SPEED SKATINGDavis grabs 2nd straight World Cup gold in 1,000 Posted Sunday, January 22, 2012 6:47p ET By Associated Press At 29, two-time Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis was starting to feel old. The American speed skating star had been competing for 23 years, and after disappointing World Cup results in Europe this fall, he began to wonder.
• SPEED SKATINGSouth Korea's Lee grabs World Cup gold in women's 500 Posted Saturday, January 21, 2012 4:23p ET By Associated Press Sang-hwa Lee of South Korea won her second World Cup gold medal of the season in the 500-meter race at the speedskating long track event at Utah Olympic Oval on Saturday.
• SPEED SKATINGBowe jumps to ice after successful hoops career Posted Friday, January 20, 2012 1:52p ET By Associated Press Brittany Bowe was in the stands 10 years ago when Apolo Anton Ohno and Derek Parra skated to Olympic gold on home ice. "It sent chills down my spine," Bowe said of watching American flag-draped victory laps. "I've always wanted that to be me."
• SPEED SKATINGGerman speedskater in doping probe Posted Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:12a ET By Associated Press A German speedskater is under a doping investigation for allegedly using ultraviolet light to enhance the oxygen flow in her blood and other athletes may be involved.
• SPEED SKATINGSurgery dates set for US speed skater Reutter Posted Friday, January 13, 2012 4:26p ET By Associated Press Two-time Olympic medalist and reigning 1,500 world champion Katherine Reutter will have surgery on her left hip Thursday in Salt Lake City.
• SPEED SKATINGSablikova, Kramer win European skating titles Posted Sunday, January 8, 2012 6:54p ET By Associated Press Sven Kramer of the Netherlands and Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won the all-around titles Sunday at the European speedskating championships.
• SPEED SKATINGOlympian Reutter opts to have double hip surgery Posted Sunday, January 8, 2012 6:37p ET By Associated Press Two-time Olympic medalist and defending 1,500 world champion Katherine Reutter will have surgery on both hips as soon as possible and miss the rest of the season.