2 top Olympic sports lose major sponsor
Two major Olympic sports are in the hunt for new sponsorship deals after key commercial partners announced the end of their partnership right in the ...
3-time Olympic gold medalist Hjalmar Andersen dies
Hjalmar Andersen, a Norwegian speedskater who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics, has died. He was 90. The Norwegian Skating ...
South Koreans dominate speedskating worlds
Olympic champions Mo Tae-bum and Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea retained their 500-meter titles at the speedskating world championships Sunday.

Dutch skaters sweep men's 10,000 at worlds
Jorrit Bergsma led a Dutch sweep of the podium Saturday in the men's 10,000-meter race at the speedskating world championships, and Olga Fatkulina won ...
Dutch skaters dominate speedskating worlds
Sven Kramer and Ireen Wust led Dutch 1-2 finishes at the world single distance speedskating championships on Friday. Also, Denis Kuzin won his and ...
Yuskov, Wust win at speedskating worlds
Denis Yuskov won the men's 1,500-meter title Thursday for Russia's first gold medal at the speedskating world championships since 1996. In the women's ...

Lee Sang-hwa wins speedskating World Cup 500 title
Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won the women's 500 meters Sunday at the speedskating World Cup to take the season discipline title.

Richardson wins WCup title, Nesbitt wins last race
American speedskater Heather Richardson clinched the overall World Cup title on Saturday after finishing 11th in the final 1,000-meter race, which was ...

Smeekens wins to seal speedskating 500 title
Jan Smeekens sealed the overall 500-meter World Cup title Friday by winning speedskating's shortest event in 34.84 seconds at the season finals.
Speedskating World Cup Results
Men(equals) 500(equals) 1. Jan Smeekens, Netherlands, 34.84 seconds 2. Jamie Gregg, Canada, 34.96 3. Ronald Mulder, Netherlands, 35.04 4. Joji Kato, ...

Smeekens wins 500m race to close in on WCup title
Dutchman Jan Smeekens won a 500-meter speedskating race for the second time in as many days to further extend his lead in the World Cup standings on ...

Wang, Smeekens win at speedskating World Cup
Wang Beixing of China won a women's 500-meter race for the second time in as many days at the speedskating World Cup on Saturday. Wang clocked 38.

Sablikova, De Jong win speedskating WCup races
Olympic champion Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won a 5,000-meter race at a speedskating World Cup meet Friday to extend her lead in the ...

Kramer, Wust win allround world titles
Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer has become the first man to win six allround world championships. Kramer secured his sixth victory Sunday by winning the ...

Kramer closes in on 6th allround world title
Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer closed in on his sixth allround world championship title by winning Saturday's 5,000-meter race to take the lead in the ...
Ireen Wust wins 2nd World Cup race in 2 days
Olympic champion Ireen Wust beat Dutch teammate Diane Valkenburg for the second time in two days to win the 3,000-meter race at a speedskating World ...
Kramer, Wust win World Cup races
World Champion Sven Kramer led a Dutch sweep of the top three places in winning the 5,000-meter race at a speedskating World Cup event on Saturday.

Dutchwoman Wust leads at European Championship
Dutch speedskaters Irene Wust and Sven Kramer lead at the European Championships after Saturday's races, after Wust won the women's 3,000-meter race.

Sven Kramer takes lead in European allrounds
Five-time champion Sven Kramer took a giant step toward his sixth European allround speedskating title by convincingly winning the 5,000-meter race ...
Dutch skaters win men's World Cup races
Koen Verweij earned his first career World Cup individual victory Sunday by winning the men's 1,500-meter race while his fellow Dutchman Jorit Bergsma ...

Dutch skaters dominate World Cup races
Svet Kramer led a Dutch sweep of podium places in the men's 5,000-meter race while countrywoman Marrit Leenstra earned her second career speedskating ...