The science of speed skating involves a combination of factors. First, the thin blades of their ice skates produce far less friction than the rubber soles runners use on a regular dirt or paved track.

HIGH-QUALITY ULTRA DURABLE ROLLER SKATES - These quad roller skates are ... cinch strap helps secure the foot in the boot while skating. FUN & UNIQUE STYLE - The Ombré boot features a unique ...

the longest event in Olympic speed skating. He started out in roller skating, switched to the ice when he was 19 and has been known to talk to his skates before races. He is one of the biggest ...

Clap skates are permitted in long track speed skating but not short track for safety reasons. A maneuver in which one arm is swung diagonally to sustain balance and rhythm, while the other arm is ...

American Jordan Stolz took silver in the 1500m to finish the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships with three medals — two silvers and one bronze — in the three races that he won in 2023 ...

Jordan Stolz and Cooper McLeod added silver and bronze medals in the 500m won by Dutchman Jenning de Boo. It’s the first time two American men made the same individual world podium since Shani Davis ...

Where did speed skating originate? The history of skating goes back over 1,000 years to when people in Scandinavia and the Netherlands used bone skates to cross frozen rivers and lakes. Bone skates ...

"My skates were slipping around and I couldn ... Dan Jansen speeds around the track in the Mens 500-meter Speed Skating Final during the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.