Speedskater Eric Heiden, the Wisconsin native who captured Olympic history with five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympics, posted a picture of the skates he wore and posed an interesting question ...

This past May 17, Eric Heiden stood behind a lectern, shuffled some papers and addressed the U.S. speed skating community at an awards ceremony. "Well, were there any doubters last year that we ...

Coming off an unprecedented performance at the world championships, 18-year-old Jordan Stolz is already facing the inevitable comparisons to the greatest speedskater of them all. Eric Heiden. Stolz ...

Even after all these years, Eric Heiden still marvels at what he accomplished during those nine days in the tiny village of Lake Placid. Five speedskating races, ranging from an all-out sprint of ...

Coming off an unprecedented performance at the world championships, 18-year-old Jordan Stolz is already facing the inevitable comparisons to the greatest speedskater of them all. Eric Heiden. Stolz ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — As the countdown to the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina hits 100 days, Eric Heiden, the speed skating icon from the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics is in Colorado Springs.

Coming off an unprecedented performance at the world championships, 18-year-old Jordan Stolz is already facing the inevitable comparisons to the greatest speedskater of them all. Eric Heiden. Stolz ...

Stolz was paired with the Netherlands' Kjeld Nuis, the current world record holder, for the 1,500. Nuis had the lead going into the final lap, but Stolz finished in a fury. With the crowd roaring as ...