Learn how Olympic speed skating works — event formats, race distances, elimination rounds, mass start rules, and how skaters advance to medal contention at the Winter Games.

The shorter form of speedskating is not about beating the clock, but about beating all the other athletes grouped together around an oval.

Competing in an individual sport that also features team events, Canada’s short track speed skating team has discovered a winning formula that perhaps defies convention: collective excellence as the catalyst for individual success.

An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has officially kicked off the Milan Cortina Games, as the sports spectac