Four South Korean speed skaters banned from the sport for their roles in a drink-driving scandal, including two Olympic medallists, will not appeal the sanctions.

Three-time Olympic speed skating medallist Kim Min-seok has been banned from competition for 18 months by the Korea Skating Union (KSU) for drink-driving - a sanction which will expire well before Milan Cortina 2026. 

Russia’s three-time world speed skating champion Denis Yuskov has announced his retirement at the age of 32 because of injury.

The Royal Dutch Skating Association (KNSB) has decided not to extend the contract of its national speed skating coach Jan Coopmans following what is being considered a poor showing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Nao Kodaira is to retire later this year, bringing to an end a career which included Japan's first-ever Winter Olympic speed skating gold medal won by a woman.

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.