Speed Skating News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating: Davis defends men's 1,000m title

Vancouver (AFP) - Shani Davis of the United States became the first man to win back-to-back 1,000-metre Olympic speedskating gold medals, defending his title on Wednesday at the Vancouver Winter Games. >>>

Speed Skating: How submarines, jets inspire gold dreams

Vancouver (AFP) - Submarines and fighter jets are playing their part in the quest for Olympic Winter Games gold as competitors search for that crucial, extra edge. >>>

Speed skating: World champ Nesbitt eyes Olympic gold

Vancouver (AFP) - Canada's Christine Nesbitt, the reigning women's world 1,000-meter speedskating champion, returns to the 400-meter oval where she captured the crown in search of Winter Olympic gold on Thursday. >>>

Speed skating: South Korea's Lee wins women's 500m

Vancouver (AFP) - South Korea celebrated the second leg of a speedskating double on Tuesday as China's top figure skaters, fresh from an historic pairs gold medal, turned their thoughts to family matters. >>>

Speed skating: Davis, Hedrick on collision course

Vancouver (AFP) - Defending Olympic champion Shani Davis and US rival Chad Hedrick, the focus of a nasty 2006 spat, are together again as contenders in Wednesday's Winter Olympic 1,000-meter men's speedskating final. >>>

Speed Skating: South Korea's Mo wins men's 500m

Vancouver (AFP) - South Korea's Mo Tae-Bum won the men's 500 metres speed skating gold Monday at the Olympic Winter Games, with Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima taking silver and teammate Joji Kato winning bronze. >>>

Speed skating: Lone Wolf faces pack of Asian hopefuls

Vancouver (AFP) - China's Wang Beixing leads a pack of Asian contenders hoping to claim the continent's first women's Olympic speedskating gold medal in Tuesday's 500-meter final, but a lone Wolf could beat them all. >>>

Speed Skating: Czech Sablikova wins women's 3,000m gold

Vancouver (AFP) - Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won the women's 3,000-meter speedskating gold medal on Sunday at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Germany's Stephanie Beckert took the silver while Canada's Kristina Groves captured the bronze. >>>

Short Track Speed Skating : Long and short of it, Latvian makes history

Vancouver (AFP) - Latvia's Haralds Silovs made Winter Olympics history when he became the first skater to race in both long-track and short-track races at a single Games - and he did it in a single day. The 23-year-old finished 20th in the men's... >>>