Topic: Cindy Klassen

Speed skating emerged in Netherlands and Scandinavia in the 13th century. The speed skating is the fastest non-mechanical human powered sport in the world.The Ladies' Speed Skating event started on Feb. 21, 3:00 PM PST at the Richmond Olympic Oval ...
Nesbitt, Groves, Morrison headline Canada's Olympic speedskating teamTop medal contenders Christine Nesbitt, Kristina Groves and Denny Morrison will lead the Canadian Olympic speedskating team at the Vancouver Games next month.Olympic veterans Cindy Klassen, Clara Hughes and Jeremy Wotherspoon are also ...

Cindy Klassen

), Canadian speed skater who captured five medals at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy, the most won by a Canadian athlete at a single Olympics.. She took up long-track speed skating at age 18 while attending the University of Manitoba and ...
Olympic gold medalist Cindy Klassen to sit out year, needs more time to heal from surgeryCindy Klassen, who won five speedskating medals at the 2006 Olympics, will sit out the season to give her knees more time to heal from surgery.The ...