The International Skating Union has organised the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936. Unofficial championships were held in the years 1933–1935.
Famous quotes containing the words world, speed, skating and/or women:
“Come, madam wife, sit by my side
And let the world slip. We shall neer be younger.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of mans adjustment to itthe speed of his acceptance.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)
“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“It is certainly not new or startling to find that women feel the desire to take care of their children. What is new is the number of women who are startled by such feelings.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)