Macalester student set to compete this weekend in World Speed Skating Championships

Macalester College student Conor McDermott-Mostowy is set to compete at this weekend’s ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in the Netherlands. He will take part in the 1000m and 1500m races at Thialf, the famed ice arena in Heerenveen.

KSTP Sports talked with McDermott-Mostowy, via Zoom, from the Netherlands. He’s been there for the last three weeks training and adjusting to the tight Covid restrictions in place.

***Click the video box above to watch our conversation with McDermott-Mostowy and to see him in action***

McDermott-Mostowy said that while he’s been a speedskater for a while, this is his first time making it to the World Championships. He hopes this weekend can help pave the way to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

McDermott-Mostowy has family in the Twin Cities, plus the proximity to the John Rose Oval in Roseville, one of the best speed skating venues in the U.S., helped land him here. He’s a Washington D.C. native.