The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union.
The Max Aicher Arena is a stadium located in Inzell, Germany, best known as a speed skating venue. It is an indoor, artificial ice rink, located 690 metres above sea level and has a capacity of 10,000 people. Since its opening, as an outdoor venue, towards the end of 1965, more than 80 world records in speed skating have been broken here, and until the advent of indoor speed skating arenas, it was known as the fastest European speed skating rink, second in the world after the Medeu rink.
Nao Kodaira is a Japanese long track speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances.
The 2001 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 9 and 11 March 2001 in the Utah Olympic Oval.
The 2000 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 3 and 5 March 2000 in the M-Wave, Nagano, Japan.
The 1999 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 and 14 March 1999 in the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands.
The 1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 27 and 29 March 1998 in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada.
The 1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 7 and 9 March 1997 in the Tor Stegny, Warsaw, Poland.
The 1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 15 and 17 March 1996 in the Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway. This was the first World Single Distance championships.
Brittany Starr Bowe is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior years, she has another 21 world championship medals. She also has a gold medal from the combined sprint event in roller skating at the 2007 Pan American Games.
The 2016 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 11 and 14 February 2016 in Kolomna, Russia.
The 2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 7 and 10 February 2019 at the Max Aicher Arena in Inzell, Germany.
The men's 500 meter at the 2017 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Wednesday 28 December 2016. Although the tournament was held in 2016 it was part of the 2016–2017 speed skating season.There were 20 participants.
The men's Mass Start at the 2020 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships in Heerenveen took place at Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 29 December 2019.
The men's mass start at the 2016 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships in Heerenveen took place at Thialf ice rink on Tuesday 29 December 2015. There were 29 participants. This mass start event was the first time that it was officially part of he Dutch national speed skating championships.
