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What is the name of the skate used in speed skating long track?
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∙ 14y ago
The blade is called a clap.
Go to: http://visual.merriam-webster.com/images/sports-games/winter-sports/speed-skating/speed-skates.jpg for a great image on clap skates and fixed blades.
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Does short track speed skating happen on the same track as long track speed skating?
no, one track is short and the other is long (its common sense)
Where is skating done?
Ice skaters skate on frozen lakes/ponds/rinks Skateboarders skate anywhere! Even frozen ponds and lakes. Hey, it's possible! They skate at skate parks, regular parks, stairs, rails, ramps, benches, anywhere! :)
What is the difference between short track speed skating and long track speed skating?
Short track is in a hockey rink, and consists of a 111m oval. Long track you have to have a specially made 400m track, usually outdoors.
What do you have to were for mens speed skating 500m?
That depends on wether your talking about short track or long track.
Where is the speed skating rink in BC?
Richmond has a Long Track 400m speed skating oval, created for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
What is tdhe Uniform or dress code for short track speed skating?
There is no uniform, however in short track speed skating you cannot have any skin showing besides your face. In long track you only have to wear skates.
How long has marianne st gelais been skating?
she started short track speed skating when she was 10 yrs. old.
Does speed skating require a helmet?
Sort of... Every where in the world, while short track speed skating you need to wear a helmet. Where as Olympic style Long track, doesn't usually mass start long track doesn't either, unless your in quebec, where you do need one.
What is the minimum age to start speed skating?
There is no minimum age. As long as you can skate, you can speed skate. Honestly, if your 1 years old, but yo can stand on skates and move forward... You could sign up for your local speed skating club.
Other than curling what are the only other three winter Olympic sports held indoors?
Speed skating (long track and short track), ice hockey, and figure skating.
What is the distance in the team pursuit in speed skating?
In speed skating, you do what called a relay. One person is skating on the track at a time, and when they finish a pre-determined number of laps, a team mate comes out onto the track in front of the skater, and the skater that is finishing his laps, pushes the new skater. That skater then goes and skates his laps and so on. There are different distances of relays. Yourger skaters might skate a 1500m relay. Teenagers might do a 3km relay. And when you get into distance relays in long track, you could do a marathon relay (42km).
How many meters is the longest event for speed skating?
Not in the Olympics, but in some competitions you can skate as long as marathons! But in the Olympics, the longest distance is 3000m
