Canada is one of the top speed skating countries in the world. This years winter Olympics will tell us where we stand.
Speed skating requires good equipment and good form. In general the lower one can keep his body the faster one will go. More information can be found at US Speed Skating, and Ellis Method.
Reynaldo Martinez
"Colbert" looks to be the talk show. I am not aware of the real answer because I have never heard of such thing, but when i search for it everything says that "Colbert" sponsors the US Speed Skating team.
Speed Skating
2 ... Bonnie Blair in women's 500 meter speed skating and Brian Boitano in men's figure skating.
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Peggy Fleming was the women's US skating champion in 1964.
U.S. Figure Skating was created in 1921.
There is a champion for every distance, for the 500m (the shortest distance) it's Apolo Anton Ono.
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Women have been awarded 35 of the 86 gold medals earned by US Olympic teams at Winter Olympic Games.1948Gretchen Fraser, Alpine Skiing, Women's slalom1952Andrea Mead Lawrence, Alpine Skiing, Women's giant slalomAndrea Mead Lawrence, Alpine Skiing, Women's slalom1956Tenley Albright, Figure Skating, Ladies' singles1960Carol Heiss, Figure Skating, Ladies' singles1968Peggy Fleming, Figure Skating, Ladies' singles1972Barbara Cochran, Alpine Skiing, Women's slalomAnne Henning, Speed Skating, Women's 500 metersDianne Holum, Speed Skating, Women's 1500 meters1976Dorothy Hamill, Figure Skating, Ladies' singlesSheila Young, Speed Skating, Women's 500 meters1984Debbie Armstrong, Alpine Skiing, Women's giant slalom1988Bonnie Blair, Speed Skating, Women's 500 meters1992Kristi Yamaguchi, Figure Skating, Ladies' singlesDonna Weinbrecht, Freestyle Skiing, Women's mogulsCathy Turner, Short Track Speed Skating, Women's 500 metersBonnie Blair, Speed Skating, Women's 500 metersBonnie Blair, Speed Skating, Women's 1000 meters1994Diann Roffe, Alpine Skiing, Women's super-GCathy Turner, Short Track Speed Skating, Women's 500 metersBonnie Blair, Speed Skating, Women's 500 metersBonnie Blair, Speed Skating, Women's 1000 meters1998Picabo Street, Alpine Skiing, Women's super-GTara Lipinski, Figure Skating, Ladies' singlesNikki Stone, Freestyle Skiing, Women's aerialsUnited States women's national ice hockey team, Ice Hockey, Women's competition2002Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers, Bobsleigh, Two-womanSarah Hughes, Figure Skating, Ladies' singlesTristan Gale, Skeleton, WomenKelly Clark, Snowboarding, Women's halfpipeChris Witty, Speed Skating, Women's 1000 meters2006Julia Mancuso, Alpine Skiing, Women's giant slalomHannah Teter, Snowboarding, Women's halfpipe2010Hannah Kearney, Freestyle Skiing, Women's mogulsLindsey Vonn, Alpine Skiing, Women's downhill