Just five years after switching from inline skating to ice, the 29-year-old Jackson enters the 2022 Beijing Olympics as the No. 1-ranked skater in the world at 500 meters.

Lyla has only been skating now for nine months, which is hard to believe when you see the videos of her. “Doing gymnastics has helped me doing all these tricks, and handstands,” she said.

SOCHI, Russia – Glancing at Matteo Guarise’s biography, it’s easy to glaze over the fact that he was a world champion in 2008. But look a little more closely and a single word pops out: roller skating ...

I had just under five months of long track speed skating under my belt and entered Trials as just a regular race to see how I was progressing. It wasn't until after that first run in the 500 that I ...

Roller Sports’s History: Run by the International Federation of Roller Sports, which was founded back in 1924. FIRS oversees everything from inline speed skating to rink hockey, artistic roller ...

Now, they are at the Winter Olympics. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, ... Mantia, for instance, won 28 world titles on inline skates before making the switch.

A roller skating rink in Federal Way, Washington, has a remarkable track record of minting future ice skating Olympians. It started in the 1990s and 2000s with four-time Olympic long track ...

The Roller Derby Star Chasing Speedskating Gold Team USA’s Erin Jackson is a medal contender in the 500 meters. Her teammates from the ‘New Jax City Rollers’ will be watching.

The speedskater began transitioning from inline skating just five years ago, but now she’s ready to make a run at a gold medal in Beijing. In the moments before she made the 2018 U.S. Olympic ...

Roller Hockey 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Roller hockey gained popularity in the 1980s and 90s, ... Roller skates, or quad skates, were used instead of roller blades like it’s played today.

Inline Skate, 1823. The 2014 Winter Olympics are underway and athletes from around the world are getting ready to take to the ice in speed skating, figure skating, ice dancing and hockey. Today’s ...