Much like swimming in the Summer Olympics, there are nearly an endless number of speed skating events in the Winter Olympics. From short track to long track to

American speed skater Brittany Bowe is relishing the opportunity to close out her Olympic career on her own terms as she prepares for her fourth and final Games at Milano Cortina.

Olympic speed skater Erin Jackson can add another honor to her 13 World Championship medals and a gold in the women’s 500-meter at the 2022 Beijing Olympics—Team USA’s flag bearer for the U.S. delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. She will share the honor with Frank Del Duca, a bobsled Olympian.

A Winston-Salem native and R.J. Reynolds High School Alum had had a front row seat at tonight’s Opening Ceremony as the Chinese National Team’s speed skating coach.

A secret project lets skaters scan their bodies to calculate how much wind resistance they experience — and how tweaking their form can alters that.

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

American Mia Manganello said on Thursday she feels like a completely different skater heading into the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, having shed the self-doubt that once held her back and embraced a calm confidence she lacked four years ago.