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For the 2018 Winter Olympics the total quota was 180 athletes (maximum 100 men and 80 women). [4] The maximum total number of athletes per gender per nation was 9, compared to 10 in 2018. Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of ISU Speed Skating World Cup competitions. When quota were reached, each nation was permitted to enter a ...
The men's 10,000 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing. [1] Nils van der Poel of Sweden won the event, a few days after winning the 5000 m distance, and set a new world record.
The governing body for speed skating, the International Skating Union (ISU), was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded, but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. No speed skating events were contested, although figure skating – also governed by the ...
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 ...
This is the current list of Olympic records in speed skating. Men's records ♦ ... 2022 Beijing: 8 February 2022 [3] 5000 metres 6:08.84 Nils van der Poel
Today Two years after the last winter Olympics, Team USA has officially won its first gold medal in the team figure skating event. During the Beijing Olympics in 2022, Team USA — Nathan Chen ...
Huang Yu-ting (Chinese: 黃郁婷; pinyin: Huáng Yùtíng; Mandarin pronunciation: [xwǎŋ ŷ tʰǐŋ]) is a Taiwanese speed skater who has competed in inline speed skating, short track speed skating, and long track speed skating. She was the flagbearer for the 'Chinese Taipei' team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony ...
The women's 1000 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February, at the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing. [1] Miho Takagi of Japan won the event, becoming the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist in this event, and second Asian gold medalist after Zhang Hong in 2014. It was also ...