US Speed Skating Websites Updates

Long and short track speed skaters in America no longer need to be ashamed of their governing body’s website.

For years now, the Canadian Speed Skating was the only openly speed skating federation in North America with a commendable website to promote community and further interest in the sport. Now, their neighbors to the south have finally posted a website that compliments its team training and development.

www.uspeedskating.org is up and running – and finally updated with current calendars, news briefs, competition information and results, club and program links.

It even sports a photo gallery, the poster child being none other than Apolo Ohno himself. Most of the pictures contain no captions, but it’s great to see the sport promoted in full color from the top down. The training pictures are especially great and give us a glimpse into the off-ice rigors of the sport. (The shirtless gentleman in the dunk tank appears to be national long track sprint team head coach Ryan Shimabukaro.)

Keep up on official news by downloading Ice Chips or IBlade publications, the latter of which is “the electronic version of the U.S. Speedskating magazine Racing

Blade.” Unfortunately, the only issue of IBlade posted to date is from August 2006. Ice Chips, on the other hand, is current. Archived content and publications are also available.

The promise of a webcast broadcast “Coming Soon” should keep you checking back to the US speed skating website. Additional information is quickly being added.