Tickets for the Speed Skating World Cup in Beijing are open, with Winter Olympic champions Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu leading the charge.
Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu lead the Chinese team in home games
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- The 2026-2027 International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup Beijing will be held at the National Speed Skating Arena from November 13th to 15th, and tickets will go on sale on November 9th.
- Winter Olympic champions Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu will lead the Chinese team in the home game.
- The event has attracted nearly 250 top athletes from more than 20 countries and regions.
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Why It Matters
The Beijing Station is the opening match of this season’s Speed Skating World Cup and is also an important practical preview of the World Championships in February 2027.
China News Service, Beijing, November 9 (Reporter Guo Xuan) The 2026-2027 International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup Beijing Station will be held at the National Speed Skating Stadium "Ice Ribbon" from November 13 to 15. Tickets for the event will go on sale on November 9. Winter Olympic champions Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu will lead the Chinese team in home games.
As the opening match of this season’s Speed Skating World Cup, the Beijing Station attracted nearly 250 top athletes from more than 20 countries and regions. According to the latest registration list, the Chinese team at home is composed of 16 male and 13 female athletes. Milan Winter Olympics champion Ning Zhongyan and Beijing Winter Olympics champion Gao Tingyu are leading the expedition. Han Mei, Xue Zhiwen, Tian Ruining, Liu Hanbin and other major domestic players are all participating. The new and old players will strive to achieve great results at home, showing the competitive level and reserve force of China's speed skating.
The international lineup is also full of famous players. Multiple champions of the Milan Winter Olympics will appear. World-class top players such as Leipma de Jong, Ilek, Grenewald, and Bergsma will perform "Fast and Furious" at the "Ice Ribbon."
This season, the ISU Speed Skating World Cup will have six stations, scheduled to be held in Beijing, China, Obihiro, Japan, Heerenveen, the Netherlands, Stavanger, Norway, Salt Lake City, the United States, and Calgary, Canada, from November 2026 to February 2027. Beijing will also host the ISU Speed Skating World Championships at the end of February 2027. This World Cup in Beijing will be an important practical preview of the World Championships.
This event is hosted by the International Skating Union, hosted by the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, the Chinese Skating Association, and the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, and jointly operated by the Beijing Sports Competition Management and International Exchange Center and Beijing Beiao Group Co., Ltd.
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