World Speed Skating Championships

The International Skating Union organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:

  • Allround
    • Men's Allround
    • Women's Allround
  • Sprint
    • Men's Sprint
    • Women's Sprint
  • Single Distances
    • Men's Single Distances
    • Women's Single Distances
  • Short Track

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    “The time must come, my friend ... when brutality and the lust for power must perish by its own sword.... For when that day comes, the world must begin to look for a new life, and it is our hope that they may find it here. For here we shall be, with their books, and their music, and a way of life based on one simple rule: Be kind.”
    —Robert Riskin (1897–1955)

    “Life is too short to waste
    In critic peep or cynic bark,
    Quarrel or reprimand:
    ‘Twill soon be dark;
    Up, heed thine own aim, and
    God speed the mark!”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)