Public Skating & Running

• February Schedule

Continentals
The Olympic Oval is hosted the long track speed skating Continentals / Regional Qualifiers for the World All Round Championships for North America/Oceania on January 23 & 24, 2010.

• Race Results

Olympic Torch at the Oval

Canadian Olympic Trials Recap
Read the latest info on how Canada's top speed skaters performed at the Olympic Trials this past week.

Oct 15, 2009
McFarlane Breaks Canadian Record!

Canadian Short Track speed skater Liam McFarlane broke the Canadian record in the 500m this past weekend at the Olympic Oval's Oktoberfest speed skating competition. McFarlane, of Medicine Hat, skated to a time of 40.572 seconds, beating the previous record of 40.86 set by fellow Canadian Cory Rasmussen in 2007.

Oct 13, 2009
Casino Royale - Success!
The Olympic Oval's annual athlete fundraiser proved to be a success, exceeding fundraising goals and providing a great evening for all involved.

Oct 8, 2009
Oktoberfest Short Track competition this weekend!
Catch some exciting short track speed skating races this weekend at the Olympic Oval during the Oktoberfest competition, Oct. 9, 10 & 11, 2009.

July 20, 2009
Spots available in Top Blade summer camps!
Improve your speed skating technique while you experience the high performance training regime of Canada's best skaters! Click here more information on Long Track Top Blade. Click here for more information on Short Track Top Blade.

June 29, 2009
Oval announces exciting new camps, just in time for Summer 2009. Learn how to train like an elite athlete with real Olympic coaches!
If you are serious about improving as an athlete, you may be interested in a new series of summer camps that have just been added to the Oval Summer Camp Schedule. Three camps will teach you the training secrets of elite athletes and will improve speed and agility, make you stronger or show you the basics of Olympic weightlifting, the foundation of many elite sport, strength training programs. Hurry, space is limited for these unique camps. For youth 14 - 18 years old. >>Register Now.

April 21, 2009
Olympic Oval summer camps helping next generation of Olympians
The Olympic Oval, with the support of the University of Calgary, is continuing with plans for its annual speed skating, female hockey and power skating camps this summer, helping the next generation of Canadians to follow in the footsteps Olympians.

April 1, 2009
Olympic Oval Coach is Chunky Soup MVC Award Winner!
Stephen Burke is Head Coach with the National Cycling & Training Centre located at the University of Calgary Olympic Oval, in the Faculty of Kinesiology. As the Chunky Soup Most Valuable Coach, Burke, will be honoured with the MVC Tribute Day, which will be featured on TSN and hosted by his choice of TSN Coach Squad member - Pierre McGuire, Jack Armstrong or Glen Suitor.

March 22, 2009
Olympic Oval's largest speed skating competition ends with more than 650 PBs and $10,000 for Canadian National Team athletes
After five days and more than 50 hours of speed skating races, the 2008-09 season is over and the largest Intact 2009 Finale competition at the Olympic Oval has wrapped up. More than 300 athletes from 20 countries logged 694 personal best times, set 35 national records and Canadians Shannon Rempel, Tamara Oudenaarden and Nicole Garrido earned more than $3000 in prize money each.

March 25, 2009
Catriona Le May Doan crowns winner of second annual ING Speed Skating Challenge
After five weeks and over 35,000 online votes from across the country, the title of Canada’s Best Speed Skating Story was awarded to Scott MacHattie for his story entitled, “Speed Skating – The Inclusive Sport,” at a gala evening hosted by Catriona Le May Doan.

March 20, 2009
Oval X-Treme edged out of Clarkson Cup championship by Minnesota
In an intense competition over the remaining spot in tomorrow's Clarkson Cup women's national championship game, the Minnesota Whitecaps prevailed, edging out the Calgary Oval X-Treme. The depth of both teams' defense surfaced, as defensemen put all three pucks in the net.