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.

American speed skating sensation Jordan Stolz has learned to skate through the noise and shut out the thunderous expectations surrounding him ahead of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — Speed skating — one of the fastest and most technical sports of the Winter Olympics — will return to the spotlight at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games with a full slate of long track, short track and mass start events.

Jordan Stolz has positioned himself as one of the most dominant forces in 45 years, since another American named Eric Heiden won five gold medals at Lake Placid in 1980

American speed skater Casey Dawson is heading to Milano Cortina Winter Olympics with unfinished business, determined to experience the Games he never truly had after COVID-19 disrupted his Beijing debut four years ago.