Norway won the majority of the gold medals on the first day of competition at the Speed Skating World Cup in the Polish city of Tomaszów Mazowiecki while Dutch and South Korean athletes also enjoyed success.

Dutch skater Kjeld Nuis surpassed his own world speed record by reaching 103 kilometres per hour on an ice rink in Norway.

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. 

World Record-holder Kjeld Nuis of The Netherlands broke the Olympic record to win men's 1,500 metres gold for the second successive Games in 1min 43.21sec.

Thomas Krol led a Dutch one-two-three in the men's 1,000 metres at the second leg of the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup in Stavanger in Norway, with Irene Schouten providing further success for The Netherlands in the women's 5,000m.

The Netherlands' two-time Olympic speed skating champion Kjeld Nuis has caused the closure of a training camp after he returned a positive test for COVID-19.

World records got another pounding on the final day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup Final in Salt Lake City as Kjeld Nuis of The Netherlands added a new men's 1,500 metres mark of 1min 40.17sec to the 1,000m record he had set the day before, and Japan's Miho Takagi became the first woman to break the magic 1:50 barrier in the Ladies' 1,500m.

The Utah Olympic Oval lived up to its reputation as the fastest ice in the world as the opening day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup Final produced a slew of world records in Salt Lake City.

Dutch athletes had another dominant day at the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Tomakomai as they produced a second successive medal sweep - this time in the 1,000 metres.

The Netherlands’ Kjeld Nuis claimed his second speed skating Olympic gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018, snatching victory from Norway’s Havard Lorentzen in the men’s 1,000 metres event today.

Kjeld Nuis continued The Netherlands' domination of the Pyeongchang 2018 speed skating events by winning the men's 1,500 metres gold medal at the Gangneung Oval this evening.

Austria’s Vanessa Herzog followed up her first-ever World Cup victory in the 500 metre event yesterday by claiming the gold medal in today’s 1,000m race on the final day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Erfurt.

Austria’s Vanessa Herzog put in a superb performance at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Speed Skating in Erfurt to claim Austria's first gold medal in a women's 500 metre World Cup race since 1997.

Dutch star Kjeld Nuis and the United States’ Heather Bergsma will begin the defence of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup titles at the opening event of the season in Heerenveen.

The Netherlands’ Kjeld Nuis and American Heather Bergsma sealed the respective men’s and women’s 1,500 metres titles on the last day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup season in Norwegian city Stavanger, earning them the overall crowns in the process.