(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such ...

First used in Olympic competition at the 1998 Nagano Games, clap skates feature a blade that detaches at the heel, allowing the full length of the blade to remain on the ice. There is a spring-loaded ...

Today, the organization is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. Speed skating is one of six sports to appear in every Olympic Winter Games, from the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 to the 2022 Winter ...

Emma Hunt, a U.S. Olympic speed climber from Georgia, sent a signal she's ready for Paris with a gold medal performance at a World Cup event in Utah. The most recent IFSC Climbing World Cup series ...

Canada's Evan Dunfee set a world record in the men's 35-kilometre event at the World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold meeting ...

Japan's Koki Ikeda, who won silver in the men's 20km walk at the Tokyo Olympics, has been banned for four years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday. The 26-year-old ...

Gao made history at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, becoming China's first male speed skater to win an Olympic gold medal with his 500m victory. He took a 21-month break to rehabilitate a ...