Ice Skating in the Olympic Games
Articles and News
Articles and news about ice skating in the Olympics.
the ice skating sports currently in the
Olympic Games are ice figure skating, ice hockey,
and short track ice long track ice speed skating.
Speed Skating Team Pursuit Added to Olympics
In February of 2004 the International Olympic committee
decided make "Ice Speed Skating Team Pursuit" an official
event at future Winter Olympic Games.
Vancouver Olympic Oval Controversy
Two neighboring cities in British Columbia, Canada were
fighting in 2004 to be the home of the official Olympic oval for
the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada (from
our forum at AskAboutSkating.com)
Controversial French Federation President Resigns
In May of 2004 Didier Gailhaguet, the controversial president of the
French Ice Sports Federation, turned in his resignation
Gailhaguet is most well-known for his role in the 2002
Olympic figure skating judging scandal that resulted in
duplicate gold medals being awarded to the Russian and
Canadian pairs figure skating teams.