Eric Heiden

Shani Davis will not compete in every individual speedskating event at Olympics

2010-01-27 16:34:32

<![CDATA[Shani Davis will not compete in every individual speedskating event at Olympics]]>

Sarah D. Morris: a love affair with short-track speedskating

2010-02-17 04:34:41

<![CDATA[Sarah D. Morris: a love affair with short-track speedskating]]>

Racing against history: Shani Davis vs. Eric Heiden

2010-02-19 21:34:46

<![CDATA[Racing against history: Shani Davis vs. Eric Heiden]]>

Shani Davis wins silver medal in men's 1,500-meter speedskating

2010-02-20 21:34:45

<![CDATA[Shani Davis wins silver medal in men's 1,500-meter speedskating]]>

Shani Davis, unplugged, after stunning loss

2010-02-21 04:34:46

<![CDATA[Shani Davis, unplugged, after stunning loss]]>

His Medal Adds to Heart of Gold

2006-02-14 00:00:00

TURIN, Italy — We have all the answers now, thanks to a guy whose self-described job is to "skate around on ice in tights." Because of Joey Cheek, we know there's a legitimate reason for the lavish excesses of the Olympics. We see the value of...

Lake Placid: Back in the Games

2008-03-05 09:29:45

This was no roller coaster. The half-mile ride required a liability waiver: Bobsledding "is a hazardous act, which could cause personal injury or damage," according to the only capitalized sentence in a forest of fine print. After swearing not to sue,...

Faster, Better, Stronger

2009-11-06 00:00:00

I grew up during the 1950s and '60s in Madison, WI, in a family that lived and breathed sports, and I don't mean watching sports. We played sports, outdoors: hockey, cycling, tennis, hiking, golf. My grandparents lived on a lake so we were always...

Lift Weights Lose Weight

2009-12-02 00:00:00

When I was speed skating, we cross-trained year-round by lifting weights a couple of times a week. I found weight lifting so satisfying that even today, no matter how busy my schedule gets, not a week goes by that you won't find me out in the garage...

Risk factors shouldn't stop you from exercising

2010-10-05 00:00:00

Even people with risk factors need exercise. In fact, people with risk factors stand to see the greatest gains from regular exercise, including a potential reduction in the very risk factors they once viewed as an impediment to it. According to...

Weighing yourself can be misleading

2010-10-12 00:00:00

Jen had been obese, had gastric bypass surgery and lost 80 pounds. She was walking five or six times a week — about 25 miles — and had started doing marathons. Then she started lifting weights twice a week to add some resistance training to...

A personal trainer can be a good investment

2010-09-29 00:00:00

There are certain places you might expect to see a recommendation to hire a personal trainer — say, in a muscle-magazine ad or on late-night TV. But one of those places is probably not a publication by one of our nation's most venerated medical...

The 26-year-old Shani Davis recently joined Eric Heiden as the only men to win sprint and allround world titles. At the Turin Games, he won gold in the 1,000 the first African American to win an individual medal in the Winter Games and silver in the 1,500. He s favored again at both distances.

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Eric Heiden won all the men's speedskating races, and thus an unprecedented five gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid.

2008-08-14 14:16:52