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.

U.S. Team Pursuit speed skaters will top speeds of 30 mph by pushing themselves around the track mere inches from each other.

Erin Jackson, the 33-year-old American, finished fifth with Dutch speed skater Femke Kok winning gold and setting an Olympic record.

The biggest difference between the two is how the races are run.

Speed is everything at the Winter Olympics, from downhill skiing to speed skating. In Italy, that love of speed goes far beyond the slopes and ice, stretching deep into the country's car culture — especially in Olympic host city Milan. Italy is home to ...

Kamila Sellier was competing in the women's 1500-meter quarterfinal in short track speedskating when she and her competitors crashed, sending skates flying