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Short Track prodigy Zhang Xinzhe (CHN) finished his Winter Youth Olympic Games on a high as he helped China to gold in the first-ever Mixed Team Relay on Wednesday. For Zhang, the Relay gold was his fourth medal after clinching the Men's 1000m gold and silver in the 500m and 1500m.

Finn Sonnekalb (GER) and Angel Daleman (NED) take second gold apiece as they top the podium in Men’s and Women’s Speed Skating 1500m events.

Angel Daleman (NED) was looking to win medals in two different disciplines at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 on Monday, but crashed out of the Women’s Short Track 500m semi-final only a couple of hours after winning gold in the Speed Skating 500m final.

Jordan Stolz (USA) set a national record while seizing 1000m gold at the ISU Four Continents Championships in Salt Lake City, USA on Sunday, while his compatriots Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran edged out Canada by .04 seconds to win the Team Pursuit. Chung Jae Won (KOR) brought the championships to a conclusion by retaining his Mass Start title with a powerful sprint to the line.

Ivanie Blondin (CAN) seized two gold medals on the final day of the ISU Four Continents Championships in Salt Lake City, USA on Sunday. After winning the Team Pursuit title with Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann, Blondin claimed the Mass Start in dominant fashion. In between, Japan's Miho Takagi added the 1000m title to the 1500m crown she won on Friday.

Li Jinzi (CHN) and Zhang Xinzhe (CHN) claimed Short Track Speed Skating gold in the Men’s and Women’s 1000m respectively on Sunday, but even with a podium finish at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 far out of sight, Amelia Chua (SGP) and Ryo Ong (SGP) of Singapore attempt to break new ground, too. 

With the top three skaters separated by just .08 seconds, the 5000m podium was closer than the 500m podium in the men’s competition at the ISU Four Continents Championships in Salt Lake City, USA on Saturday. Casey Dawson (USA) beat Graeme Fish (CAN) by .02 seconds to win the longest distance, with Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN) third.

Valérie Maltais (CAN) won the 3000m at the Utah Olympic Oval on Saturday, seizing back-to-back Four Continents titles in the distance after last year’s gold on home ice in Quebec.

K-pop stars took centre stage at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 on Friday evening. But on Saturday it was finally time for the athletes to demonstrate their skills on the ice.

Canada took both available men's titles on the opening day of the fourth ISU Four Continents Championships in Salt Lake City on Friday. Connor Howe (CAN) was the fastest man in the 1500m, stopping the clock at 1:43.19, while Laurent Dubreuil, Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu and last-minute substitute skater Yankun Zhao (CAN) took home Team Sprint gold in 1:18.54.

Miho Takagi (JPN) shook off some mid-season rust on Friday, winning two gold medals at her first ISU Four Continents Championships appearance. The Japanese superstar recorded a season-best time of 1:52.37 to win the 1500m, after she had already snatched gold in the Team Sprint with Kurumi Inagawa and Ayano Sato at the Utah Olympic Oval.

Greetings to all ISU followers. My name is Jeroen Adriaanse, a 26-year-old sports reporter from the Netherlands, and I am thrilled to take you with me during the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.

The ISU Four Continents Championships are the latest addition to the international Speed Skating calendar. At the first three editions in Milwaukee (2019), Calgary (2022) and Quebec (2023) many top Skaters from outside Europe decided to skip the tournament, but the fourth edition is held on the fastest ice on earth in Salt Lake City and everyone is eager to start. 

After a rigorous initial online selection phase held from December 11th 2023 to January 7th 2024, where the public and media actively participated in voting for their preferred candidates (view the complete list here), the 2024 ISU Skating Awards Selection Commission meticulously reviewed the voting outcomes. Consequently, three outstanding Nominees have been formally chosen for each of the six Award categories.

On Saturday, Hanne Desmet (BEL) held the lead in the 1500m final before falling on the penultimate lap and missing out on the podium. On Sunday, the 27-year-old did everything right as she defended her 1000m title by a comfortable margin to finish the ISU European Short Track Championships 2024 in Gdansk, Poland, on a high.