Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Miho Takagi of Japan acknowledges the crowd after competing in the women's 5,000 meters at the speed skating all-round world championships in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on March 8, 2026.

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Miho Takagi of Japan acknowledges the crowd after competing in the women's 5,000 meters at the speed skating all-round world championships in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on March 8, 2026.

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Miho Takagi of Japan acknowledges the crowd after competing in the women's 5,000 meters at the speed skating all-round world championships in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on March 8, 2026.

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Miho Takagi of Japan competes in the women's 5,000 meters at the speed skating all-round world championships in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on March 8, 2026.

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Speed skating: Takagi at all-round worlds

Miho Takagi of Japan acknowledges the crowd after competing in the women's 5,000 meters at the speed skating all-round world championships in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on March 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Short track speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Short track speed skating

Members of the Dutch short track speed skating team celebrate after winning gold in the men's 5,000-meter relay at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 20, 2026, at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Short track speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Short track speed skating

Members of the Dutch short track speed skating team celebrate after winning gold in the men's 5,000-meter relay at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 20, 2026, at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida (C) celebrates after winning the women's 5,000 meters gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 12, 2026, at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan, alongside silver medalist Merel Conijn (L) of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Ragne Wiklund of Norway.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida celebrates after winning the women's 5,000 meters gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 12, 2026, at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida competes en route to winning the women's 5,000 meters gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 12, 2026, at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida competes en route to winning the women's 5,000 meters gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 12, 2026, at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida competes en route to winning the women's 5,000 meters gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 12, 2026, at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida competes en route to winning the women's 5,000 meters gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 12, 2026, at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida competes en route to winning the women's 5,000 meters gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 12, 2026, at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skater Shomu Sasaki competes in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skater Shomu Sasaki competes in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Norwegian speed skater Sander Eitrem (L) competes en route to winning gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Norwegian speed skater Sander Eitrem celebrates after winning gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Norwegian speed skater Sander Eitrem celebrates after winning gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Norwegian speed skater Sander Eitrem acknowledges the crowd after winning gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Norwegian speed skater Sander Eitrem competes en route to winning gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Norwegian speed skater Sander Eitrem competes en route to winning gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Norwegian speed skater Sander Eitrem competes en route to winning gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa celebrates after winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

Pyeongchang Olympics

Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 16 Kyodo - Esmee Visser of the Netherlands celebrates after winning the women's 5,000-meter speed skating in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 16, 2018.

Speed skating fans

Speed skating fans

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Young fans cheer on men's speed skating's 5,000-meter two-time Olympic champion and local hero Sven Kramer (not pictured) of the Netherlands at a World Cup meet in Heerenveen on Nov. 12, 2017.

Japan's Ishizawa prepares for women's 5,000m speed skating

Japan's Ishizawa prepares for women's 5,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Shiho Ishizawa of Japan gets a feel for the ice during practice at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014, prior to the women's 5,000-meter speed skating event on Feb. 19.

Japan's Hozumi prepares for women's 5,000m speed skating

Japan's Hozumi prepares for women's 5,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Masako Hozumi (L) of Japan practices at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014, prior to the women's 5,000-meter speed skating event on Feb. 19.

Czech's Sablikova wins women's 5,000m speed skating

Czech's Sablikova wins women's 5,000m speed skating

RICHIMOND, Canada - Czech Republic's Martina Sablikova celebrates after winning the women's 5,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Canada on Feb. 24, 2010. Sablikova, 6 minutes, 50.91 seconds, claimed her second gold medal in the Olympics following the 3,000-meter race.

S. Korea's Lee wins 10,000m speed skating

S. Korea's Lee wins 10,000m speed skating

RICHMOND, Canada - Lee Seung Hoon of South Korea skates to win the gold medal in the men's 10,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Canada on Feb. 23, 2010. Lee, who also won the silver in the 5,000-meter race, clocked an Olympic record of 12:58.55.

Kramer disqualified in 10,000m speed skating

Kramer disqualified in 10,000m speed skating

RICHMOND, Canada - Sven Kramer of the Netherlands walks away after being disqualified in the men's 10,000-meter speed skating race at the Vancouver Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Canada on Feb. 23, 2010. The gold medalist in the 5,000-meter race clocked the best time among all competitors but committed a lane infringement.

Kramer disqualified in 10,000m speed skating

Kramer disqualified in 10,000m speed skating

RICHMOND, Canada - Sven Kramer of the Netherlands gets disqualified in the men's 10,000-meter speed skating race at the Vancouver Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Canada on Feb. 23, 2010. The gold medalist in the 5,000-meter race clocked the best time among all competitors but committed a lane infringement.

S. Korea's Lee wins 10,000m speed skating

S. Korea's Lee wins 10,000m speed skating

RICHMOND, Canada - Lee Seung Hoon of South Korea skates to win the gold medal in the men's 10,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Canada on Feb. 23, 2010. Lee, who also won the silver in the 5,000-meter race, clocked an Olympic record of 12:58.55.

Japan wins 5,000 relay bronze at short track worlds

Japan wins 5,000 relay bronze at short track worlds

VIENNA, Austria - (From L to R) Takahiro Fujimoto, Fumihiko Kakubari, Satoshi Sakashita and Yuzo Takamido smile after receiving their bronze medals during the award ceremony for the men's 5,000 relay at the short track speed skating world championships in Vienna on March 8.

S. Korea captures gold in men's 5,000-meter relay

S. Korea captures gold in men's 5,000-meter relay

TURIN, Italy - Members of the South Korean team (C) who won the gold medal in the Olympic short track speed skating men's 5,000-meter relay event pose with members of the Canadian (R) and U.S (far left). teams, who won the silver and bronze, respectively, at the Palavela arena in Turin on Feb. 25.

S. Korea captures gold in men's 5,000-meter relay

S. Korea captures gold in men's 5,000-meter relay

TURIN, Italy - Members of the South Korean team wave at audiences on the podium after winning the Olympic short track speed skating men's 5,000-meter relay event at the Palavela arena in Turin on Feb. 25.

S. Korea captures gold in men's 5,000-meter relay

S. Korea captures gold in men's 5,000-meter relay

TURIN, Italy - Members of the South Korean team congratulate each other after winning the Olympic short track speed skating men's 5,000-meter relay event at the Palavela arena in Turin on Feb. 25.

Nozaki wins gold at Winter Asian Games

Nozaki wins gold at Winter Asian Games

HACHINOHE, Japan - Takahiro Nozaki (L) of Japan captures gold in the men's 5,000 speed skating in the Winter Asian Games in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 2, after coming from behind to edge out defending Winter Asian Games champion Radik Bikchantayev (R) of Kazakstan.

Canada wins men's 5,000-meter short-track relay

Canada wins men's 5,000-meter short-track relay

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Members of the Canadian team respond to cheers from the stands after winning the men's 5,000-meter short-track speed skating relay at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 23.

Germany's Pechstein wins 5,000-m speed skating in Olympics

Germany's Pechstein wins 5,000-m speed skating in Olympics

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Claudia Pechstein of Germany, who won the 5,000 meters speed staking event at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics on Feb. 23, waves to spectators at the Utah Olympic Oval. Pechstein won her third straight Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 with a world and Olympic record time of 6:46.91.

Tabata 8th in women's 5,000-m speed skating

Tabata 8th in women's 5,000-m speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Maki Tabata manages an eighth place finish in the women's 5,000 meters speed skating event at the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 23.

Holland's Uytdehaage wins gold in men's 5,000 meters

Holland's Uytdehaage wins gold in men's 5,000 meters

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Holland's Jochem Uytdehaage celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 5,000 speed skating in a world and Olympic record time of 6:14.66 at Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City on Feb. 9.

Shirahata on course for 6th national speed skating crown

Shirahata on course for 6th national speed skating crown

IKAHO, Japan - Keiji Shirahata skates home to win the men's 5,000 meters Dec. 28, ending the first day on course for his second straight and sixth overall crown at the national speed skating championships at the Ikaho rink in Gunma Prefecture.

Pechstein powers to Olympic gold medal

Pechstein powers to Olympic gold medal

Germany's Claudia Pechstein displays total concentration as she breaks the world 5,000-meter speed skating world record Feb. 20 at Nagano's M-Wave indoor track. Pechstein repeated as the Olympic 5,000 meters queen, squeezing out compatriot Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann by 0.4 second. Kazakstan's Lyudmila Prokasheva took bronze.

Specatators exulted over record

Specatators exulted over record

Spectators are exulted over a series of new world records set in the men's 5,000-meter speed skating at the M-WAVE indoor oval in the central Japan city of Nagano on Feb. 8.

Holland's Romme receives standing ovation

Holland's Romme receives standing ovation

Dutch speed-skater Gianni Romme acknowledges the crowd's reaction after breaking the 5,000-meters world record on his way to the gold medal on Feb. 8.

Holland's Rintje Ritsma on his way to silver medal

Holland's Rintje Ritsma on his way to silver medal

Holland's Rintje Ritsma powers his way to the silver medal in the men's 5,000 meters speed-skating event on Feb. 8.

Athletes hungry for speed-skating

Athletes hungry for speed-skating

Gold medalist in the men's 5,000-meters Olympic speed-skating, Gianni Romme of Holland (center), poses alongside runner-up Rintje Ritsma (R) and bronze medal winner Bart Veldkamp on Feb. 8.