Long track speed skating runs on 400-metre indoor ovals, with athletes competing in pairs against the clock in distance events from 500m through to the 10,000m, plus the team pursuit and mass start formats. The Netherlands has been the sport's dominant nation for decades, producing a production line of world champions and Olympic gold medallists that has made Dutch athletes the market benchmark in virtually every distance event. But the gaps between the top nations have narrowed in recent seasons, and the ISU Speed Skating World Cup delivers regular competitive results from Japanese, Norwegian, American and Canadian athletes challenging the Dutch supremacy.
Flush.com covers ISU Speed Skating World Cup events and World Championship rounds across the individual distance events and team formats. This page outlines the competitions available for betting, the market types Flush offers, how to fund your account with Bitcoin or another supported cryptocurrency, and how every speed skating bet earns rakeback through the Flush VIP system.
Long track speed skating is governed by the International Skating Union (ISU) and contested on a 400-metre oval, with skaters competing in pairs that start simultaneously from opposite sides of the oval in an inner and outer lane, exchanging lanes at each lap. Individual events are decided on time, with the fastest combined time across all competitors determining the result. Distances for men range from 500m to 10,000m; for women from 500m to 5,000m.
The mass start, introduced as an Olympic event at Pyeongchang 2018, runs up to 28 skaters simultaneously in a format more akin to short track, with point sprints at intermediate laps and a final sprint to the line. The team pursuit runs two three-person teams simultaneously from opposite sides of the oval over eight laps for women and eight laps for men.
The Netherlands' dominance in long track speed skating is virtually unparalleled in any winter sport. Dutch athletes have won the majority of World Cup season titles and Olympic gold medals across multiple distances in both men's and women's events for over two decades. Irene Schouten, Nils van der Poel (Sweden), and Jutta Leerdam have been among the most prominent names of the current era. Van der Poel, who set world records in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the Beijing 2022 Olympics, represents the exception to Dutch dominance in the longer men's distances.
The ISU Speed Skating World Cup season runs from November through February across venues in the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Canada, Japan and the United States. Each venue hosts multiple distance events per gender over a competition weekend.
The ISU Speed Skating World Cup series runs from November through February across approximately six to eight venues. Each stop hosts a subset of the full distance programme, and athletes accumulate points toward the season overall standings in each individual distance separately, making each distance a distinct long-term betting market running through the winter.
The ISU Speed Skating World Championships - both the Single Distances format and the Allround format - are held in February or March annually. The Single Distances Championships covers all individual distances plus mass start and team pursuit and is the primary World Championships format for betting purposes. The Allround Championships requires athletes to compete across four distances (500m, 1,500m, 5,000m/3,000m for men/women, 10,000m/5,000m) and produces different results from Single Distance competitions due to its multi-distance format.
The Winter Olympics, held every four years in February, include all individual distances plus team pursuit and mass start for both genders as medal events. Olympic years generate the highest viewing audience for speed skating and the most liquid outright betting markets. Check the speed skating section at Flush.com for current event availability.
The following market types are available for ISU World Cup and World Championship speed skating events at Flush:
Strategic note: the 500m event is the one distance where starting position and draw can create a minor but real edge. Skaters who draw the inner lane for the first 500m start on the straight and must change lanes at the opening bend, while those starting on the outer lane experience different initial conditions. On certain tracks where the first curve benefits one lane configuration, factoring this into event winner and head-to-head markets for the 500m can identify slightly mispriced options.
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What speed skating markets are available at Flush? Flush offers race winner by distance, team pursuit winner, mass start winner, head-to-head, podium finish, season outright and World Championship winner markets for ISU World Cup and World Championship events.
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When are speed skating betting markets available at Flush? Markets open when the ISU World Cup season is active. The main competition window runs from November through March, with the World Championships in February or March. Check the speed skating section at Flush.com for current availability.
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