What are some of the best ice skating countries?

Anyway, the countries that are most associated with ice skating (and have the best expertise) are the northern countries, like Russia, Canada or even the United States. Being stuck with cold weather for half the year, they have developed some great techniques that make ice skating more enjoyable. read more

Winning an Olympic medal in any sport is a tremendous honor and all the countries that have won an Olympic medal -- silver, bronze or gold -- in figure skating are listed below. The United States, Canada, Belgium, Sweden, and other countries have all had the honor or receiving figure skaing medals. read more

For example, while speed skating has long been the Netherlands' strongest sport, they haven't always been as dominant as they've been in 2014. They've won 22 percent of all speed skating medals handed out since 1980. That's good, but not the most dominant ever. read more