The 2026 Winter Games will mark over a century of speed skating at the Olympics. After making its debut in 1924, the sport has been included at each Winter Olympics since. In speed skating, athletes race against each other and the clock around a 400m ...

(NEXSTAR) — Speed skating, which began as a form of transportation in the 1600s over frozen rivers and lakes, became an Olympic event for men in 1924 and women in 1960. The upcoming Olympics in Italy will feature 14 events with equal representation for ...

Erin Jackson, the 33-year-old American, finished fifth with Dutch speed skater Femke Kok winning gold and setting an Olympic record.