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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.

Pietro Sighel (ITA) completed a clean sweep at the ISU European Short Track Championships 2024 in Gdansk, Poland, on Sunday, winning the men's 1000m final to claim his third gold medal of the weekend after winning the 500m and 1500m on Saturday.

The women’s competition at the 2024 ISU European Short Track Championships was set to be a battle between Hanne Desmet (BEL) and Xandra Velzeboer (NED), who are both in the top four of the overall World Cup rankings.

Ice Dancers Charlène Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA) retained their ISU European title as competition wrapped up Saturday at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas (LTU). 

Pietro Sighel (ITA) got off the best possible start in his ISU European Short Track Championships 2024 campaign as he won two gold medals in two events at the Hala Olivia in Gdansk, Poland, on Saturday.