Speed skater Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong won the women's 1500m Friday, finishing just six one-hundredth of a second ahead of ...

The next Winter Olympics in France has sent speed skating to the Netherlands and left behind the palm trees of Nice to ...

As tears streamed down her face, Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam saw all her sporting dreams come true. The speed skating superstar had not only won the women’s 1000m gold medal, but also set an ...

Dutch speed-skating star Jutta Leerdam was blasted as “arrogant” and a “diva” for flying to the Olympics on a private jet instead of making the trip to Italy alongside her fellow compatriots. Jutta ...

Speed skating is set for a move to the Netherlands in ​the 2030 Winter Olympics, after the ‌IOC's executive board approved a venue plan for the Games to be hosted in ​the French Alps, with several ice ...

The Dutch are dominating Olympic speed skating — they've won 16 medals already, setting an Olympic record, and swept the podium three times at Sochi — which is good for them, but bad for the sport, ...

Short track speed skater Sven Roes, who disappeared abruptly earlier this summer, has returned to the Netherlands and ...

They approach the starting line, two at a time, before an official with a French accent asks them if they’re “re-dee?” The gun goes off, and they skate quietly around a 400-meter oval, swaying side-to ...

A Beijing 2022 star has exploded over an ‘unethical and immoral abomination’, but the target says his claims are ‘unworthy of ...

Get the latest Short Track Skating news, race results, World Cup standings, and analysis from Reuters journalists covering ...

The couple has been dating since early 2023 after Paul reached out to Leerdam through Instagram direct message. Leerdam, a 26-year-old Dutch athlete, won a silver medal in the women's 1000-meter speed ...