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

Famous quotes containing the words world, speed and/or skating:

    “The body and the soul know how to play
    In that dark world where gods have lost their way.”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    “For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don’t 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 (1803–1882)