The final day of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Speed Skating Championships in Amsterdam has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sanne in 't Hof led a Dutch podium sweep as the hosts continued their strong start to the International University Sports Federation World University Speed Skating Championships in Amsterdam.
European champion Esme Visser earned gold in the women's 3,000 metres at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Speed Skating Championship in Amsterdam.
A group of 70 athletes are set to compete at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Speed Skating Championship in Amsterdam.
Track records fell in four of the six disciplines on the second day of the ISU Speed Skating World Cup Finals in the Netherlands.
Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic clinched her 13th World Cup title on day one of the ISU Speed Skating World Cup finals in Heerenveen in The Netherlands.
Overall titles will be at stake when the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup season concludes in Heerenveen in The Netherlands.
The Netherlands’ Patrick Roest and Ireen Wüst maintained their domination of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships by clinching gold medals in Hamar.
Japan’s Miho Takagi and Tatsuya Shinhama clinched gold at the World Sprint and World Allround Speed Skating Championships at Hamar.
Japan’s Miho Takagi leads the women’s 500 metres event after the opening race of the inaugural combined edition of the World Sprint and World Allround Speed Skating Championships at Hamar.
Hamar in Norway will make history this weekend by hosting the inaugural combined edition of the World Sprint and World Allround Speed Skating Championships.
Organisers of this week’s International Skating Union (ISU) World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Norwegian town Hamar will not allow athletes to compete without an appropriate certificate of medical examination due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Dutch won gold again on the final day of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Junior Championships at the Arena Lodowa in Tomaszów Mazowiecki in Poland.
The Netherlands had a clean sweep in the women's 1,000 metres and took five of the six women's medals on day two of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Junior Speed Skating Championships at the Arena Lodowa in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
The Netherlands' Femke Kok made a strong start in her bid to retain the women's all-round title at the International Skating Union World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, winning the 500 metres event and finishing second in the 1,500m competition.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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