US EditionSpeed skating: What to expect at Milan Cortina
The 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics will feature long track, short track, and mass start speed skating events with distances from 500 to 10,000 meters.
- At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, speed skating will return with a full slate of long track, short track, and mass start events, featuring races from 500 meters to 10,000 meters.
- Long-Track races use a 400-meter oval where two skaters compete in a time-trial format, reaching highway-level speeds and often leaning so their hands brush the ice.
- Team pursuit sends three skaters per country who work together and finish based on the time of the final athlete, while the 16-lap mass start runs with roughly two dozen skaters drafting and collecting points.
- Officials can disqualify skaters for missing lane changes, interference or false starting, while tight turns and crowded short track conditions often cause frequent contact.
- After a two-week camp at the end of January, Chung Jae-won told reporters `I will remember the two-week camp at the end of January for a long time.
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Speed skaters hoping brutal training camp pays off with medals in Italy
MILAN — Even as a veteran of two Winter Olympic Games, speed skater Chung Jae-won had never had a more grueling training camp than the one held at the end of last month in preparation for the Milan-Cortina Olympics in northern Italy. "I will remember the two-week camp at the end of January for a long time. It was more intense than anything I'd experienced," Chung told reporters after a training session at Milano Speed Skating Stadium on Tuesday.…
The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games will begin on February 6. They will be broadcast live by LRT. While waiting for their start and the performance of 17 Lithuanian athletes, LRT.lt invites you to get acquainted with all sports of the Games. This time, let's take a look at speed skating, which is intriguing from the very start to the finish.
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