Marianne Timmer News

Olympic 10,000 speedskating champion Bob de Jong will defend his title at the Vancouver Games after winning at the Dutch trials on Wednesday.

Olympic 3,000-metre speedskating champion Ireen Wust of the Netherlands qualified Monday to defend her title at the Vancouver Olympics.

They play for the love of the game, not with the hope of landing a pro contract.

Speedskater Marianne Timmer said Monday she could be back on the ice again in two weeks after tests showed that bones she broke in her heel in a fall last month have already fused back together.

Evan Lysacek is right where he wants to be. The world champion figure skater from Naperville, Ill., won the Skate America competition in Lake Placid last weekend, building on his season-opening silver in Beijing.

Phelps not suited for recordsRacing in an old-style swimsuit and with little practice, Michael Phelps didnt join the swimmers in high-tech suits who went on a world-record binge at two short-course World Cup meets this week.

Shani Davis of the United States set a track record in the 1,500-meters Friday at a speedskating World Cup meet overshadowed by an injury to two-time Olympic champion Marianne Timmer.

One of speedskating's giants won't seek a fourth gold medal at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

The Dutch roll out long-track speed skaters as easily as they do new varieties of tulips.

AP Photo PDJ106, PDJ104, PDJ102, PDJ101, PDJ 9 HEERENVEEN, Netherlands Marianne Timmer's speedskating season is over after tests showed the two-time Olympic 1,000-meter champion has a broken left heel.

Marianne Timmer of The Netherlands grimaces as she is carried onto a stretcher after crashing during the 500 metres race in the Speedskating World Cup at Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands, Friday Nov.

Shani Davis of the United States set a track record in the 1,500-meters Friday at a speedskating World Cup meet overshadowed by an injury to two-time Olympic champion Marianne Timmer.

AP Photo PD 06, PD 05 AP Graphic AP Photos HEERENVEEN, Netherlands Two-time Olympic speedskating champion Marianne Timmer fell hard and was carried off the ice on a stretcher in a World Cu0 500-meter race.

For a while, it appeared as though the Canadian long-track speed skating team had hit the wall in Berlin this weekend -- and we're not talking about a sight-seeing expedition.

Canadian Christine Nesbitt skates on her way to winning the women's 1,000 metres in Berlin on Saturday.