US Speedskating: USS Announces 2024-25 Junior National and Development Teams (May 7 2024)
US Speedskating is excited to announce the Long Track and Short Track Junior National and Development Teams for the 2024 – 2025 season! The Junior National and National Development Team statuses were awarded to athletes based on qualification that incl…
Lake Placid News: Empire State Winter Games short-track draws skaters from the US, Canada (Feb. 9, 2023)
The Empire State Winter Games long-track speedskating event might have been postponed due to brutally cold temperatures on the Olympic Speedskating Oval, but the short-track competition still heated up inside the 1932 Jack Shea arena Saturday, Feb. 4, and Sunday, Febr. 5. Nearly 60 competitors of all ages and abilities raced in […]
The Science Survey: A Profile of Louisiana Stahl, Professional Speedskater (January 18 2023)
The whistle blows. It’s December 18th, 2021, and I’m watching her live on NBC Sports. It’s during the 2022 Speedskating Olympic Trials. Lou is a Bronx Science classmate, a close friend, and an international competitor. She steps onto the ice, and I wonder to myself, How did she get here? Louisiana (Lou) Stahl ’23, a…
NY1: At Queens arena, it’s skating at the speed of fun (Feb. 4 2022)
A dedicated group of skaters loves the sport.
MTA.info: The Best Winter Sport Spots by MTA Train or Subway (Jan. 5 2022)
A rundown of the best places to find skiing, snowshoeing, ice fishing and ice skating near MTA stations.
US Speedskating: Short Track team welcomes new coach Stephen Gough (May 17 2021)
US Speedskating (USS) is proud to announce that Stephen Gough will be joining the staff as the new Short Track Nation…
NY Times: A Look at Ice Skating in New York: 75 Years of Chill Style (Dec. 19 2018)
When the cold snaps, our rinks come alive.
TimeOut: Try Winter Olympic Sports Near NYC (Jan. 31 2018)
Want to see if you have what it takes for the Winter Olympics? Learn how to ski, snowboard and speed skate near NYC.
NY Post: How to channel your inner winter Olympian around NYC (Jan. 26 2018)
The world’s top cold-weather athletes will dazzle, break records and earn medals at the Winter Olympics in South Korea. But if you can’t wait, you can create your own Olympic village without leaving the New York area.
NY Times: Where Winter’s Silver Skates Warmed the Soul (Dec. 21 2017)
The Museum of the City of New York show is a history of skating and its long-lost ice palaces, where single show-offs and romantic duos once glided.
NY Times: Skates Built for Burning Calories (Feb. 23 2012)
At an ice rink in Queens, a chance to learn how to speed along like Apolo Ohno and Bonnie Blair.
Wall Street Journal: Speed Skating for the Fun of It (March 12 2011)
Long-time Flushing Meadows Speed Skating Club is the last of its kind in New York City.
NYC Parks: OVER 500 ACTIVITIES OFFERED DURING WINTER FESTIVAL (Jan. 15 2003)
On January 6, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, joined by Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris, Commissioner Adrian Benepe, and Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate Levin, announced the City of New York’s Winter Festival 2003.
NY Times: Speed Skating: Go Fast Turn Left No Brakes (Jan. 18 2000)
Julie Walsh comments on speed skating; notes that with speeds up to 35 miles per hour, speed-skating is fastest self-propelled sport; photo (M)
NY Times: THE SKATING BOOM (Dec. 24 1995)
True to New York, the city’s skating world has its peculiar archetypes, from those who want to make the point that women can play ice hockey with the guys any day, to those who find nothing more beautiful than the long strides of a speed skater.
NY Times: LANIGAN WINS TITLE; CAPTURES 5 RACES (March 11 1968)
B Lanigan wins US sr men’s open indoor speed champ
NY Times: WURSTER LEADS IN SPEED SKATING; Takes 440 and 2‐Mile Races in Lake Placid Meet (Feb. 16 1964)
Ken Baroni of Villenicia, Mass. won the 880 and Bill Lanigan of Flushing Meadow, Queens, captured the one‐mile in the intermediate boys division.
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