Speed Skating

A truly medal-worthy performance from I. Schouten (NED) that wons the gold, F. Lollobrigida (ITA) silver and I. Weidemann (CAN) completed the podium

Beijing 2022 | Olympic Winter Games

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Moments | Beijing 2022 - Gold Medal Moment -  I. Schouten

The Women's Mass Start event took place on the 24th February 2018

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Women's Mass Start - Speed Skating | PyeongChang 2018 Highlights

Celebrate the achievements of Dutch athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Netherlands - Golden Highlights at PyeongChang 2018

The mass start competitions were held at the Gangneung Oval on 24 Feburary 2018.

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The world'​​s best skaters have returned to the ice.
The short track speed skating season opened in Montreal, Canada, with the ISU World Cup on 28 October and moved to Salt Lake City, USA, on 4 November.
The skaters will have their eye on the new Crystal Globe Trophy which

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Rianne de Vries of Team Netherlands, Anna Vostrikova of Team ROC, Yuting Zhang of Team China, Xandra Velzeboer of Team Netherlands and Courtney Sarault of Team Canada skate during the Women's 1500m Semifinals on day twelve of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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Beijing 2022 heroes Irene Schouten and Nils van der Poel took home the Allround trophies as the World Speed Skating Championships Hamar 2022 drew to a close on Sunday (6 March).
After her three golds in Beijing, Dutch star Schouten needed a strong showing in the closing 5000m to secure

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 22: Olympic medalist Irene Schouten visits the Hall of Knights at Noordeinde Palace on February 22, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch athletes won 17 medals at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

Olympic medalist Irene Schouten visits the Hall of Knights at Noordeinde Palace

Irene Schouten and Nils van der Poel claim world Allround titles

The sprint action at the World Speed Skating Championships Hamar 2022 was completed on Saturday (5 March) with the Netherlands taking the women's team sprint before hosts Norway claimed the men's version.
The Dutch team comprising Jutta Leerdam, who won the women's sprint title on Friday, 500m specialist Femke Kok

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: Bronze Medallist Haavard Holmefjord Lorentzen of Team Norway celebrates during the Men's 1000m flower ceremony on day fourteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Speed Skating Oval on February 18, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Haavard Holmefjord Lorentzen at Beijing 2022 after winning bronze in the men's 1000m

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The Netherlands is the most successful nation in speed skating with more than 130 medals from the Winter Olympics. As veterans Ireen Wust and Sven Kramer are about to end their stellar career, a new generation led by Irene Schouten and Jutta Leerdam is ready to fill their shoes.

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Will the Dutch speed skating dominance continue after Beijing 2022?

Irene Schouten did what most people expected of her at the Olympics: win gold for the Netherlands at Beijing 2022.
But the speed skater was not content with just being an Olympic champion.
She gracefully and swiftly secured her position as the queen of the Ice Ribbon with three gold

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: Gold medalist Irene Schouten of Team Netherlands poses during the Womenâ€™s 3000m Speed Skating medal ceremony at Medal Plaza on February 06, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Gold medalist Irene Schouten of Team Netherlands poses during the Women's 3000m Speed Skating medal ceremony 

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Records are meant to be broken, and we have witnessed these historic moments no fewer than 14 times across as many disciplines contested at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing.
The Netherlands continued their dominance in the sport as Irene Schouten set the tone in the early stages of

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Irene Schouten of Team Netherlands celebrates after winning the Gold medal in a new Olympic record time of 6:43.51 during the Women's 5000m on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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Netherlands' Irene Schouten has won gold in the women's speed skating mass start in a race that sparked into life on the final lap.
Schouten was in second place with just metres to go after Canada's Ivanie Blondin had taken the lead from her when the Dutch athlete ran wide

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 19: Irene Schouten of Team Netherlands skates during the Women's Mass Start Final on day fifteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Speed Skating Oval on February 19, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands skates during the women's mass start final

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Kodaira Nao left Beijing 2022 empty-handed, but told us that's "part of the game."
Not only was she the first Team Japan athlete to stand on an Olympic speed skating individual podium, but at 31 years and 268 days old, Kodaira was the oldest Japanese athlete to win an Olympic

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 17: Nao Kodaira of Team Japan skates during the Women's 1000m on day thirteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Speed Skating Oval on February 17, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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Clarey defies his years to take downhill silver
“One minute before the start, this is the only moment I felt good,” said Johan Clarey. And that was all it took for the 41-year-old Frenchman to claim silver and become the oldest ever alpine skiing medallist at an Olympic Winter Games.

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Nathan Chen of Team United States skates during the Men Single Skating Free Skating on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Nathan Chen of Team USA skates to Elton John's Rocket Man during the men's single's figure skating free skate at Beijing 2022

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Dutch sensation Irene Schouten smashed the 20-year-old Olympic record to win the women’s 5000m gold medal at the National Speed Skating Oval on Thursday (10 February).
The 29-year-old Schouten posted a blistering time of 6:43.51, chopping more than three seconds off the record Germany’s Claudia Pechstein set at Salt Lake

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Irene Schouten of Team Netherlands celebrates after winning the Gold medal in a new Olympic record time of 6:43.51 during the Women's 5000m on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Irene Schouten of Team Netherlands celebrates after winning the Gold medal in a new Olympic record time of 6:43.51 during the Women's 5000m on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

Medals update: Irene Schouten posts Olympic record to claim second Beijing 2022 title winning women’s 5000m speed skating gold

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PyeongChang 2018

This event took place on 19/02/2022 at the Beijing Medals Plaza. Medal winners for Speed Skating - Men's 1000m, Freestyle Skiing - Men's Freeski Halfpipe, Speed Skating - Men's Mass Start, Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start, Speed Skating - Women's Mass Start and Biathlon - Women's 12.5km Mass Start

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19/02/2022 - Victory Ceremonies | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 19/02/2022 at the National Speed Skating Oval. In the Men´s Final, the gold medal was claimed by Bart Swings (BEL), while Jae Won Chung (KOR) won the silver and Seung Hoon Lee (KOR) took the bronze. In the Women´s, Irene Schouten (NED) claimed the victory and the gold medal, Ivanie Blondin (CAN) won the silver and Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA) took the bronze

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Men's & Women's Mass Start - Speed Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 11/02/2022 at the Beijing Medals Plaza, Medal winners for Freestyle skiing - Mixed Team Aerials, Speed Skating - Women's 5000m, Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe and Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 15km (Classic)

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11/02/2022 - Victory Ceremonies | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 10/02/2022 at the National Speed Skating Oval. Irene Schouten (NED) claimed the Gold while Isabelle Weidemann (CAN) won Silver and Martina Sablikova (CZE) completed the podium with the Bronze

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Women's  5000m - Speed Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 06/02/2022 at the Beijing Medals Plaza. Medal winners for the Women's categories of Cross-Country Skiing (7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon), Speed Skating (3000m), and Ski Jumping Normal Hill made their way to the awards podium, followed by the Mixed Team Relay categories of Short Track Speed Skating and Biathlon (4 x 6km), Men’s Moguls Freestyle Skiing and Women’s Slopestyle Snowboard.

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06/02/2022 - Victory Ceremonies | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 05/02/2022 at the National Speed Skating Oval. Irene Schouten (NED) claimed the Gold with an olympic record time of 3:56.93. Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA) won  Silver in 3.58.06, while the Bronze went to Isabelle Weidemann (CAN), who won the penultimate race with a mark of 3.58.64 to secure her place on the podium.

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