Japanese speed skater Nana Takagi, a three-time Olympian and twice a gold medallist, has announced her retirement from the sport.

Dutch skater Kjeld Nuis surpassed his own world speed record by reaching 103 kilometres per hour on an ice rink in Norway.

The Netherlands' triple Beijing 2022 Olympic gold medallist Irene Schouten earned the women’s 3,000 metres title before a delirious home crowd as the Speed Skating World Cup Final concluded in Heerenveen.

Sweden's Nils van der Poel completed his stunning individual season by winning the men’s 5,000 metres at the International Skating Union  Speed Skating World Cup Final in Heerenveen in what may have been his last race before retiring. 

Full crowds are set to return to the Thialf Arena in Heerenveen for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup Final concludes the season.

Italian short track speed skater Arianna Fontana, who retained her 500 metres title at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, says she is "tempted" to extend her career through to Milan-Cortina 2026.

Taiwan's Sports Administration has cut speed skater Huang Yu-ting's funding for two years, after she was shown in a video to be wearing the China national team's uniform prior to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Olympic champions Nils van der Poel and Irene Schouten were crowned all-around champions as the World Speed Skating Championships concluded in Hamar.

The Netherlands and Norway earned team sprint titles as the World Speed Skating Championships continued in Hamar.

Speed skater Bart Swings, who won Belgium’s first Winter Olympic gold in 74 years at Beijing 2022, has been named as the World Games Athlete of the Month for February.

Dutch skaters Jutta Leerdam and Thomas Krol claimed the women's and men's sprint titles respectively on the second day of the World Speed Skating Championships at the Hamar Olympic Hall in Norway.

Canada's Laurent Dubreuil and The Netherlands' Jutta Leerdam lead their respective competitions after the first day of the World Speed Skating Championships in Hamar.

The World Speed Skating Championships are set to begin tomorrow at the Hamar Olympic Hall in Norway, with a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes to be implemented for the first time at a major International Skating Union (ISU) event.

Speed skaters are set to compete at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Speed Skating Championship, which will be hosted outside of Europe for the first time.

The Norwegian Skating Federation (NSF), which is set to host the International Skating Union (ISU) World Speed Skating Championships next month, has followed the country's National Olympic Committee in declaring that Russian and Belarusian athletes should be banned from the event.