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Quebec City will host the ISU World Cup Speed Skating for the second time in history when the final and decisive races of the 2023-24 World Cup season take place this weekend. It’s the first time since 1992 that the city has hosted Speed Skating, when the Gaétan Boucher Oval in Sainte-Foy was still an outdoor rink. The times in sea-level Quebec will not be as fast as in high altitude Salt Lake City last week, but there’s a lot at stake, from World Cup Trophies to qualification slots for the World Single Distance Championships in Calgary (15-18 February). 

Feb 01, 2024

“This is the event I’ve been looking forward to the whole year,” said Irene Schouten (NED) two days before the ISU World Single Distance Championships, which start on Thursday. The defending 5000m Champion is not the only one. After an exciting and exhausting World Cup Series, the tournament at the 1988 Olympic Oval in Calgary is the pinnacle of the speed skating season. Last year, Jordan Stolz (USA) won a record three individual events, but that doesn’t change his feelings going into the races. “(I don’t feel) more pressure, maybe there’s more expectations,’ he said.

Feb 01, 2024

Reigning ISU Four Continents bronze medallist Mone Chiba (JPN) skated into the lead in the Women’s Short Program as the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships opened in Shanghai (CHN) Thursday.

Feb 01, 2024

The Republic of Korea soared to gold in the Figure Skating Team Event on the last day of competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.

Feb 01, 2024

History-maker Adam Hagara (SVK) takes Slovakia Figure Skating to heights it has never been before at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 and hopes to use YOG experiences as a launching pad for his Milano-Cortina 2026 dreams. 

Jan 31, 2024

Reigning ISU World Champions Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) as well as 2023 World medallists Junhwan Cha (KOR), Haein Lee (KOR), Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) and 2022 Olympic silver medallist Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) lead the line-up at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai (CHN) January 29 - February 4. A total of 109 Skaters/Couples representing 14 ISU Members have been entered for this 24th edition of the ISU Four Continents Championships: 27 Men, 26 Women, 12 Pairs and 16 Ice Dance couples.

Jan 31, 2024

Rising star Shimada Mao (JPN) held her nerve in the Free Skate to win gold in the Women’s Singles, while Ambre Perrier-Gianesini/Samuel Blanc-Klaperman (FRA) stepped on top of the podium in the Ice Dance on Tuesday at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.

Jan 30, 2024

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Panel in charge of the case between the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva rendered its verdict on January 29, 2024.

Jan 30, 2024

The ISU welcomes the decision of CAS and firmly maintains its position that the protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are of the highest priority and will persist in the ongoing effort to uphold the integrity of fair competition and the well-being of athletes.

Jan 29, 2024

Figure skater sensation Kim Hyungyeom (KOR) soared to gold on home ice in the Men's Single, while Canada's Annika Behnke (CAN) and Kole Sauve (CAN) claimed gold in the Pair Skating at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 on Monday. 

Jan 29, 2024

Patrick Roest (NED) and Davide Ghiotto (ITA) finally did away with the legends of the past in the 5000m at the fastest ice on earth on Sunday. Roest came out on top in a tight battle for gold in the longest distance at the World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA. Finishing in 6:02.98, he broke Sven Kramer’s Dutch record set in Calgary over 16 years ago. Ghiotto celebrated silver in 6:04.23, to beat the Italian record set by Enrico Fabris in 2009. Jordan Stolz (USA) also skated the 5000m, but the American youngster felt the legs burning after winning his fourth gold medal of the weekend in the 1000m just 20 minutes earlier.

Jan 28, 2024

Ivanie Blondin (CAN) competed in seven events in Salt Lake City, USA, but she never seemed to tire. On Sunday, the Canadian warrior beat Olympic champion Irene Schouten (NED) in a dominant sprint to add the Mass Start title to the Team Pursuit gold she won Saturday. Blondin also skated the concluding Relay Mixed Gender with Yankun Zhao (CAN), but finished just outside the podium, with Sun Chuanyi and Jin Wenling (CHN) seizing their first World Cup win. Kimi Goetz (USA) started the final day with her first 1000m win of the season in the absence of World Cup leader Miho Takagi (JPN).

Jan 28, 2024

Former international Figure Skater and Olympian Javier Raya (ESP) speaks about his role as an IOC Young Leader and how sport can help to promote inclusion, whilst also looking ahead to the Figure Skating competition at Gangwon 2024.

Jan 28, 2024

Erin Jackson (USA) was the only woman to skate the 500m in less than 37 seconds on Saturday, picking up her fourth win in eight World Cup races so far this season. Kimi Goetz (USA) took silver and Kim Min Sun (KOR) bronze in Salt Lake City, USA. Miho Takagi (JPN) won Saturday’s 1500m to seize her second gold medal of the World Cup weekend, while Canada won the Team Pursuit but Japan grabbed the World Cup Trophy by finishing second in the final race.

Jan 27, 2024

Team USA gave the enthusiastic crowd everything they wanted on home ice at the ISU World Cup in Salt Lake City on Saturday. After winning the 1000m in a stunning world record time on Friday, Jordan Stolz (USA) added gold in the 500m and the 1500m, before Ethan Cepuran, Emery Lehman andCasey Dawson (USA) brought the men’s competition to a climax in the Team Pursuit. Not only did the USA beat Norway face-to-face, they also broke the world record their rivals had set just a few weeks ago at the European championships in Heerenveen. 

Jan 27, 2024