Olympic ice is engineered to balance grip and glide. Here’s how physics, chemistry, and meticulous ice making shape the fastest sport on ice.

They’ve trained together almost every day for years, sometimes sacrificing their own individual ambitions in speed skating for the good of the team. They’ve learned to glide around the ice almost ...

What’s the secret to landing a quadruple lutz, or speeding your death spiral? A figure skating researcher weighs in.

Canadian short track skater Maxime Laoun owns 12 sets of blades. He brought five to Milan. They are allegedly identical in ...

RHO, Italy — No ice is colder and harder than speedskating ice. The precision it takes has meant that Olympic speedskaters have never competed for gold on a temporary indoor rink – until the 2026 ...

Kristen Santos-Griswold has spent the past four years training for Monday morning. One of the world’s best short-track speed ...

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Are you speechless watching US figure skater Ilia Malinin on the ice? Science explains how it’s possible the Quad God can do ...

No ice is colder and harder than speed skating ice. The precision it takes has meant Olympic speed skaters have never competed for gold on a temporary indoor rink, until the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter ...