Speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating where athletes race against each other and the clock around a 400m indoor oval track. Athletes are ranked based on time taken to skate the prescribed ...

In addition, the skaters may not touch the starting line or be in contact with the ice beyond the starting line with any parts of their body or equipment ... each lap because the inner lane of the ...

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.

Canada won six of the nine events at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Beijing, taking momentum into the ...