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Erin Jackson of Team United States, wearing a black and white speed skating suit and blue glasses, skates on an indoor ice track during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Speed skating rinks, skates, and strides
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Viktor Ahn of Russia, wearing a blue helmet and white racing suit, leads three skaters around a curve in the Short Track Men's 500m Final at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
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Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes
First Winter Olympic Games
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
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Key People

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Yang Yang
Chinese skater
Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes
Canadian cyclist and speed skater
Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States, wearing a blue helmet and suit, leans into a turn while speed skating on ice with Olympic rings visible in the background.
Apolo Ohno
American speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian speed skater
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Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
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Sven Kramer
Dutch skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
German speed skater
Shani Davis
Shani Davis
American athlete
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Dutch speed skater
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Hjalmar Andersen
Norwegian speed skater
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Dan Jansen
American speed skater
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Jack Shea
American speed skater
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
American speed skater
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Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
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Cathy Turner
American speed skater
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Karin Enke
German skater
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
German speed skater and cyclist
Clas Thunberg
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
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Terry McDermott
American speed skater

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