2002-02-17 04:00:00 PDT Kearns, Utah-- Fortunately for Dutch sprinter Gerard van Velde, countryman Rintje Ritsma, winner of three Olympic medals, talked him into giving speedskating another try.

Speed skater Rintje Ritsma (38), widely regarded as one of the best Dutch skaters ever and the founder of the first professional skating team, is hanging up his competition skates. Ritsma, who was ...

THE Olympic flame was nearing the end of its 13,500-mile journey, across 46 states, and speedskater Rintje Ritsma was nearing the end of his from Holland. But as his plane was about to leave Calgary ...

Former world champion speed skater Rintje Ritsma broke his collar bone while making a few promotional laps to promote his switch to motorbike racing on Tuesday. Ritsma has been signed up by the Dutch ...