
In Olympic year, half the battle is keeping fit
A luxury sports car, it turns out, is a very appropriate place to interview an Olympian about how he injured his back. Because the contrast between ...
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 ...

An Olympic life and 7 vital minutes at Sochi Games
For Florent Amodio, it may be now or never. The French figure skater was just 19 at his first Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010, old enough to ...
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 ...
Russian women, US men sweep at junior worlds
The U.S. men and Russian women didn't leave room for anyone else on the podium at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Joshua Farris, Jason ...

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.

US women 1-3 in short program, Russians win dance
The podium at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships is turning into American territory. Samantha Cesario and Courtney Hicks finished first and ...

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 ...

American skaters have big day at junior worlds
For one day, at least, the Americans ruled the worlds. Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier gave the United States its first pairs title since 2007 at the ...
Russian ice dancers take lead at junior worlds
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin's perfect season is almost complete after the Russians won the short dance Wednesday at the junior world figure ...

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.
Skater Oksana Baiul sues NBC, producer for $5M
Figure skater Oksana Baiul is suing NBC Universal and a television skating program producer. The 1994 Olympic gold medalist says Disson Skating LLC ...

Sochi a point of national pride for Putin's Russia
One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 ...