Dutch speed skater Koen Verweij was one of the favorites going into the men’s speed skating event, but unfortunately he fell short. He may have lost his medal event but he won on social media. He ...

Poland's Zbigniew Brodka won a dramatic tussle for 1,500m Olympic speed skating gold on Sunday morning, edging out devastated Dutchman Koen Verweij by just three-thousandths of a second in a photo ...

One of the closest races in Olympic speedskating history came down to a final lunge of the skate — then a few more agonizing seconds to figure out who won. Zbigniew Brodka knocked off all the ...

Koen Verweij missed out on the gold medal in the men’s 1,500m speed skating at the Winter Olympics in Sochi by 3,000th of a second. Poland’s Zbigniew Brodka eased the Dutchman out of gold medal ...

Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison jokingly claimed on Twitter that he tried to cheer up fellow medal winner Koen Verweij of the Netherlands on the podium for the men's 1,500m race, but it was all ...

Koen Verweij, Jan Blokhuijsen and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands compete during the men's speed skating team pursuit quarterfinals at the Adler Arena Skating Center on Friday. The Dutch, who have ...

Koen Verweij earned his first career World Cup individual victory Sunday by winning the men's 1,500-metre race while his fellow Dutchman Jorit Bergsma won the men's mass start in Kolomna, Russia.

Dutch speed skater and Olympic champion Ireen Wüst has won her fourth World all-round title in a row and the fifth of her career. The competition involves races over 500m, 1,500m, 3km and 5km.

Denis Yuskov of Russia won the men's 1,500 metres at the speedskating World Cup finals and Koen Verweij of the Netherlands came second to take the season-long discipline title on Saturday. Verweij had ...

Ireen Wust and Koen Verweij of the Netherlands won the women's and men's speedskating allround championships Sunday, completing a standout year for the Dutch team. Wust won the 1,500 metres and came ...