Speed Skating

♪music♪ LESTER HOLT, anchor: Olympic athletes have long worn special competition clothing to get an edge, and science and technology continue to improve on what they wear. Hear from the athletes and...

♪music♪ LESTER HOLT, Anchor: The Olympics are a chance to marvel at the physical abilities of the athletes. But what makes them unique? After all, they're made of the same flesh and blood as...

♪music♪ LESTER HOLT, Anchor: The U.S. Speed Skating team has two best hopes against a powerful South Korean team that took three of a possible four golds in Torino--Apolo Ohno and J.R. Celski, an...

I'm pleased to have in the studio a very experienced and highly regarded Canadian sport leader she was the Olympic silver medalist in speed skating, author and founder and board member of the...

♫MUSIC♫ LIAM McHUGH: Long track speed skating is a sport that rewards quickness, endurance, and skating prowess. Attributes that define Shani Davis. ANNOUNCER: Shani Davis, pushing it 'til...

Lake Louise is located about 200 km from Banff in the Banff National Park and is renowned for it's stunning natural beauty. The beautiful summer scenery is transformed into a vista of frozen...

Welcome to the Prince George Ice Oval Official Sport Venue for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. My name is Samara and I'm a long track speed skating athlete. I have been competing in long track...

Welcome to Kin 1, Official Sport Venue for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. I'm Morgan and I competed in short track speed skating for nine years. Follow me and we'll explore Kin 1...

I’ve wanted to be in the Pan Am Games since I started inline speed skating. That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I want to skate fast, make my country proud and have my friends and family there to see...

More than 10 million sports related injuries occur in the world every year. To avoid this, athletes and coaches alike are using a variety of pre-competition techniques to decrease injuries and...