In that same event, Germany’s Helga Haase won the first women’s speed skating gold. At the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics, Lydia Skoblikova of the Soviet Union won all four women’s speed skating events on ...

(ATR) Speed skating returns to its roots this week as all four events are held outdoors at Innsbruck’s Olympic Oval. Not since Albertville 1992 – when stars like Bonnie Blair and Johan Olav ...

Norway topped the medals table. Four different sports - Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing and ice sledge speed skating - were a part of the programme at the Innsbruck 1988 ...

Jonny Nilsson, a Swedish speedskater who won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the Winter Olympics at Innsbruck in 1964, has died. He was 79. Ryan Shimabukuro, who coached the U.S ...

At the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria ... The next year, Heiden shocked the speed-skating world by winning the overall title at the world championships. Even Heiden wondered if his ...

Hosts Austria topped the medals table. Three sports - Para alpine skiing, Para cross-country skiing and ice sledge speed skating - were featured at Innsbruck in 1984, while an exhibition event – the ...