United States Speed Skating (USSS) have paid tribute to 1964 Olympic gold medallist Terry McDermott as "one of our all time greats" on his death at the age of 82. Jordan Stolz was victorious in ...
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 ...
There is a spring-loaded hinge under the ball of the foot to snap (or “clap”) the blade back into its original position. Clap skates are permitted in long track speed skating but not short track for ...
Muthukumar Karuppasamy, who helped inspire the team to pick up speed skating, died last summer from a heart attack, Nareshsanjay Muthukumar said. "Me, Naresh and Vetri have known each other since ...
The blades on a short track speed skating skate aren't right in the middle — they're off centre, placed to the left, so that the boot doesn't touch the ice when the skaters lean in on the curves.
Background Musculoskeletal injuries are commonly seen by medical staff of speed skating teams, but lack of injury registration underreports the incidence and prevalence of these injuries. Systematic ...
Olympic speed skating gold medalist Nao Kodaira is all-smiles after winning her last race, the women’s 500 meters, at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 22. (Sayuri Ide) ...