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Speed skating is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games in 1924. [1] Events held at the first Winter Olympics included the men's 500-metre, 1500-metre, 5000-metre, and 10,000-metre races.
2003 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. 6 languages. Čeština; ... (Olympic Oval) on the 18th the 19th of January, 2003. ... Shows the top 12 male athletes at ...
Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon (born October 26, 1976) is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time. [1] [2] [3]In December 2003, Wotherspoon became the most successful male skater in World Cup history when he claimed the 49th victory of his career. [4]
Event Time Name Nation Games Date Ref 500 metres 34.32 Gao Tingyu China 2022 Beijing: 12 February 2022 [1]500 metres × 2 [A]: 69.23 Casey FitzRandolph United States 2002 Salt Lake City
Christine Diane Witty (born June 23, 1975) is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. She won medals at both 1000 and 1500 meters in the 1998 Winter Olympics. In 2002, she won the Olympic gold medal at the 1000 meters in Salt Lake City, setting a world record in the process.
At the 1914 Olympic Congress, the delegates agreed to include long-track speed skating in the 1916 Olympics, after figure skating had featured in the 1908 Olympics. However, World War I put an end to the plans of Olympic competition, and it was not until the winter sports week in Chamonix in 1924—retroactively awarded Olympic status—that ...
Her inline speed coach was Bob Manning. In 1996 she made another career move by giving it a try on ice, in order to have a chance to make the Olympic team. This was a success, and she participated in the 1998 , 2002 , 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics , winning two bronze medals in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Personal records [4]: Speed skating: Event Result Date Location Notes 500 m: 39.66: 7 November 2015: Olympic Oval, Calgary: 1000 m: 1:18.85: 28 February 2015: Olympic ...