Le May Doan is married to Bart Doan, a part-time rodeo cowboy who also was the ice-maker at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. She found her engagement ring hanging from a Christmas tree branch at her parents' home shortly after midnight on New Year's Day 1995. Le May Doan carried the Canadian flag at the Closing Ceremony of the 1998 Nagano Games. Canadian speed skaters won nine of the nation's 15 medals in Nagano.
 

There are 10 speed skating events (sometimes referred to as long track speed skating) on the 2002 Olympic program -- five for men and five for women. They are:

Men        Women
500m       500m
1000m      1000m
1500m      1500m
5000m      3000m
10,000m    5000m

500 meters: The 500 is the only Olympic event in which the skaters skate two races, with the final results based on the total time of the two races. This all-out sprint begins with an even start and consists of one and a quarter laps around the oval, with the finish line at the end of the straight.

1000: This two-and-a-half-lap race begins in a staggered start and finishes in the middle of the straight.

1500: Beginning with a staggered start, the skating pair completes three and three-quarter laps around the oval and crosses the finish line at the end of the straight.

3000: This race is unique to women and consists of seven and a half laps around the oval, with the finish line at the end of the straight. The race begins with the pair lined up in a staggered start.

5000: Part of the men's and women's program, the 5000 is speed skating's version of the marathon for women. The race begins with a staggered start and consists of 12 1/2 laps, with the finish line at the end of the straight.

10,000: A true test of endurance, the men's marathon consists of 25 laps around the oval, with the finish line at the end of the straight. The race begins with the pair lined up side-by-side in separate lanes.