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
Famous quotes containing the words world, speed and/or skating:
“Lord, I do fear
Thoust made the world too beautiful this year;
My soul is all but out of me,let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (18921950)
“For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I dont want to have to hang about for the blast, which idles along at the speed of sound.”
—Martin Amis (b. 1949)
“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)