Speed is everything in many Winter Olympics events, but for speed skaters, it's quite literally the name of the game. Whether they are competing in the shortest event at the Olympics or the longest, ...

Learn how Olympic speed skating works — event formats, race distances, elimination rounds, mass start rules, and how skaters ...

A chaotic event that resembles short track more closely than any of the other speed skating races, the mass start typically features between 16 and 24 skaters racing around the oval in a pack. The 16 ...

Much has been made of the weight of expectation at this year’s Winter Games, especially when it comes to American athletes. In just his second Olympics, the 21-year-old has already won two gold medals ...