Speedskating & Speedskaters

Insidethegames.biz
Canada's Cros returns to short track speed skating programme
Insidethegames.biz
"The NextGen support enhances our ability to deliver results in 2022 and beyond," said Speed Skating Canada's chief sport officer Shawn Holman. "This new position and programme would not be possible without the support of our partners such as Own the ...

KXAN.com
Going for the Gold: Speed skater zooms in with hopes to join Team ...
KXAN.com
Utah native Jerica Tandiman, a long track speed skater, watched her future rise in her backyard while she was growing up.

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CBC.ca
Ted-Jan Bloemen starts Olympic speed skating season with new Canadian record
CBC.ca
Ted-Jan Bloemen broke his own Canadian men's 5,000 metre long track speed skating record on Friday during the Fall Classic in Calgary. Bloemen clocked a time of six minutes and 8.06 seconds, which is three seconds faster than the previous mark he's ...
Ted-Jan Bloemen bests own Canadian record in men's 5,000 metre ...BarrieToday
Ted-Jan Bloemen bests own Canadian record in men's 5000 metre at Fall ClassicCape Breton Post

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PyeongChang 2018 Sponsor Teams Take Shape -- Sponsor Spotlight
Around the Rings (subscription)
“Team Deloitte” includes experienced Olympians and Paralympians Brittany Bowe (speedskating), Jason Brown (figure skating), Shani Davis (speedskating), Gus Kenworthy (freestyle skiing), Hilary Knight (ice hockey), Rico Roman (sled hockey), Danelle ...

USA TODAY
Olympic speedskater Sugar Todd gets look at speed NASCAR style
USA TODAY
Olympic speedskater Sugar Todd got a different look at speed Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. The Nebraska native was the honorary pace car driver for the first race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup playoffs. She did some practice laps Sunday ...

WTOP
Brittany Bowe getting back on track on speedskating oval
WTOP
“At that point, I decided, 'Look, I've got to get healthy before I'm a speedskater.'” Bowe stepped away for from the season for good in February to focus on her health. “It was probably the hardest decision of my life, but definitely the smartest to do ...

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Taipei Times
Chen breaks world speed skating record
Taipei Times
Taiwanese speed skater Chen Ying-chu competes at the Summer Universiade in Taipei on Aug 21. Chen last week set a new world record in the women's 500m speed skating event in the semi-finals at the Roller Games World Championships in Nanjing, ...

Friday on Lake Effect: Mara Liasson, Education News, MIGHTi, Speedskating, Bubbler Talk
WUWM
NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins us to sort out the confusing web involving President Trump, Democrats, Republicans, and the future of DACA. Later, WUWM's education reporter opens her reporter's notebook to look at what's ...

Concho valley homepage
Going for the Gold: Skater Seeks to Return Home an Olympian
Concho valley homepage
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- For many Olympic hopefuls, the thought of making the trek to PyeongChang South Korea is daunting for the distance alone--almost 6,000 miles. But for one young speed skater, the chance to travel such a great distance to compete ...

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Petaluma Argus Courier
Petaluma inline skater speeds his way to a national medal
Petaluma Argus Courier
Petaluman Michael Zitkovich went to his first National Inline Speed Skating championships in 1989; 28 years later, he won his first medal. Overall, Zitkovich has been to the Nationals seven times, but until a year ago he had pretty much given up ...

ABC Online
Australian-Korean speed skater Andy Jung sets sights on Winter Olympics in South Korea
ABC Online
They tease him about the fact they emigrated to Australia for his sake, and now he has returned to Korea. The now-20-year-old moved to Seoul last December with one goal in mind: selection for the Australian team in short-track speed skating for the ...

Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
Speed skating club preps for big competition year
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
Ethan Blackmore, left, of the Northern Lites Speed Skating Club, leads Hannah North, of Fort St. John, B.C., into the corner during the Peace Wapiti Speed Skating Club's Interclub Ability Meet in November 2016 at the Coca-Cola Centre in Grande Prairie.

The Republic
OLYMPIC DREAMS
The Republic
Losing her skating coach and missing the 2014 Olympic Trials by one-hundredth of a second caused Columbus native Taylor Wentz to question if she should continue her speedskating career. “I thought it would be best to take a break and re-evaluate what I ...

WAVY-TV
Meet Olympic medalist speed skater Allison Baver
WAVY-TV
“Becoming an Olympian was a journey, it was almost like a life purpose,” she says. Baver's quest for Olympic glory began with a non-Olympic sport. “When I was in fourth grade, I decided to join the speed skating team,” she explains. On roller skates ...

Colombia earn double speed skating gold at World Roller Games
Insidethegames.biz
Colombia earned two speed skating gold medals as the World Roller Games continued in Nanjing today. Fabriana Arias triumphed in the women's 20,000 metres elimination race, with the Colombian holding off the challenge of Sandrine Tas of Belgium.

wwlp.com
Speed Skating Bronze Medalist inspires the next Olympians
wwlp.com
PARK CITY, Utah (Nexstar) – Every Olympian has a story, how they became one of the best of the best in the world. Usually this story includes a love for their sport. But for bronze medalist Allison Baver, she didn't start her Olympic sport until high ...

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Insidethegames.biz
Colombia enjoy speed skating success at World Roller Games
Insidethegames.biz
Andres Munoz and Anhlly Perez claimed a Colombian speed skating double at the World Roller Games in Nanjing today. Munoz won the 500 metres sprint in a time of 39.793sec over Chilean Lucas Silva, who clocked 39.929. Third place was taken by Hong ...

The Straits Times
Speed skating: Sisa's revamp of youth development programmes bearing fruit
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - Perhaps the hardest thing about pursuing a new sport is taking the first step - learning it. For others who are young, the passion might lay undiscovered. That was certainly the case for budding short track speed skater Amelia Chua.

The Straits Times
Speed skating: Lucas Ng and Cheyenne Goh vow to work harder after SEA Games setback
The Straits Times
Despite the disappointment, they are already moving towards their next target - to perform well at the Sept 28-Oct 1 International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Budapest, and ultimately, book their berth at the 2018 Winter ...

Caledonia Courier
Local speed skater in provisional Olympic Team - Caledonia Courier
Caledonia Courier
Jamie Macdonald has excelled in the short track speed skating Olympic Trials. The former Fort St. James Falcon Speed Skater placed second overall among the ...

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