There is a champion for every distance, for the 500m (the shortest distance) it's Apolo Anton Ono.
Peggy Fleming was the women's US skating champion in 1964.
Peggy Flemming
Scott Allen
Peggy Fleming
Peggy Fleming.
Peggy Fleming.
The US won 37 medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Short- track Speed Skating
Canada is one of the top speed skating countries in the world. This years winter Olympics will tell us where we stand.
Michelle Kwan - 9 time US Figure Skating Champion
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Reynaldo Martinez
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.