What are 'clap skates'? How they help Olympic speed skaters go faster

When the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off on February 6, all eyes will turn to speed skating when some of the world's best ...
GIGAZINE

Looking at the high-speed clap of 800 pace in one minute with a movie looks like this to ...

I can clap 721 times in one minuteTo break the Guinness official recognition of the man, Brian Bednarek has done a lot of practice and has finally updated the record. Relax while clapping and wait for ...
UPI

Iowa man claps 1,140 times in one minute for world record

Nov. 4 (UPI) --An Iowa man broke a Guinness World Record by clapping his hands 1,140 times in one minute. Dalton Meyer, 20, of Davenport, said his interest in speed clapping began when he was in ...
The Baltimore Sun

Not all are clapping for new speed skate Sport shouldn’t hinge on technology, foes say

That’s the new sound — and controversy — to hit speed skating at the Winter Olympics, as the athletes prepare to lace up their “clap skates” and lay waste to the record books. With a hinge and a ...
Post and Courier

'I hope he makes everybody else clap'

In the world of elite speed-clapping, there's Kent French, who claimed a spot in the Guinness Book of World records by clapping 721 times in a minute. Then there's Eli Bishop, who boasts that he can ...