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speed skatingSport of racing on ice skates. The blade of the speed skate is longer and thinner than that of the hockey or figure skate. Two types of track are used in international competition. The long track is a 400-m (about one-quarter mile) flattened oval (straight sides and curved ends) on which two skaters race simultaneously. In long track the race is against the clock rather than the opponent. The short track, a more recent development, is a 111-m (364-ft) oval on which four to six skaters race during each heat. Short track is a race to the finish line. Long-track speed skating was included in the first Winter Olympics in 1924; short-track skating was added in 1992. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But it's Tacky's goofiness that brings home the gold (despite his mistaking the baton for a hot dog in the speed skating relay). Cannon Design announces that the firm has been selected as prime consultant for the design of a new Olympic Speed Skating Oval in Vancouver signature venue for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, said Robert J. After considering everything from skiing to speed skating, Faisel, who played soccer in Iraq, has settled on skeleton, the head-first rush down the same banked, twisting track used for bobsledding. |
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