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Olympics Speed Skating

A relatively new sport, speed skating is the sport of racing on speed skates, usually around an oval course, in an attempt to finish first. Types of speed skating are long track, short track, and marathon. Long track speed skating was included for the first time in the Winter Olympics in 1924, while short track skating was added in 1992. Questions about professional speed skaters, how to speed skate, and more are welcome here.

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How much do speed skate suits weigh?

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Mostly Spandex. Short track suits have some sort of protection material in the shins. And some also have some Kevlar in sensitive areas.

out side fabric is around 20% spandex and 80% polyester for print different artwork onto the suit. Normally it's lycra fabric from DuPont

Inner side is kevlar protect some important part of body, some peaple need protect all part of body, but with more expensive cost.

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What skills are needed for short track speed skating?

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First of all, they need start young, and have to just LOVE figure skating that they cannot live without practice. But the most important thing is their body shape, length, size, and weight. They need to be long(but if figure skaters are too tall, they wouldn't look natural, because the blade is like 5cm long.)and thin but have big and thick bones. This allows them to be able to jump high and ride smoothly. Also, they have to be pretty, especially if they are girls, because if they are not pretty, even if their skills are excellent, you cannot see the talent in that girl. They have to be able to control theirselves, because they cannot have much fat in their body. A lot of fat means less skills to figure skate. They have to control what they eat, and when they eat. For example, Yuna Kim, the Korean goldmedalist, she is beatiful, not too tall, not too short, skinny, has long legs, not much fat, skillful, practices a lot, has big and thick bones, log arms, small boobs(which does not shake when she jumps, so helpful-no offense, Yuna!^^), light movements, and etc. I am not Korean, but personally, I think she is a perfect example of golden section. * Yuna started taking figure skating seriously at the age of 7.

How popular is short track speed skating?

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It depends where about in the world you'd like to know. I hear in certain places in Australia and America there are roller skate break dancing and competitions as for the younger generation it can be very fun. But in England roller skating is not very popular, but that doesn't mean you can't start a craze!

How does mass affect how fast you will skate in speed skating?

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Yes the weight does affect the speed of a skateboard.....if your 90 pounds and your ridding with a 105 pound person the 90 pound person will go faster!!!!

What is the fastest 100 meter speed skate?

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In speed skating the milliseconds are very important, especially in the 100m. 9.58 is the 100m world record. In speed skating there are many different age categories. There is "Open" which is people of any age, usually the fastest people. The Olympics and World Cups are open, it does not matter how old you are. When you are still a kid, or teenager you are in divisions of every 2 years. It's like high school sports, when you're a junior you with grade 9's AND 10's. When senior your with 11's and 12's. However there is still usually an open category for the fastest skaters.

As 100 meters race: 9.40 seconds (Yuya Oikawa). In a 500 meter race, the first 100 meters are also clocked: the fastest there is 9.37 seconds (Masaaki Kobayashi). Ladies the times are 10.21 and 10.13 respectivly (by Jenny Wolf).

That the first hundred meters time over 500 meter is faster than the official record, is probably due to the fact that 100 meters are rarely skated, and 500 meters very often.

Are Apolo Ohno's feet ticklish?

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Well, Speed skaters are usually not ticklish, they have to focus on their skating and nothing else. But if you want the best answer how about you go and tickle him and see what happens.

How has composites been an aid in the olympic sport of speed skating?

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Light weight and strong helmets, boots, protective clothing can now be used due to use of composite materials

How fast do speed skaters skate in Olympics?

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bobsleds can sometimes have short boosts of up to around 120 km/h. luge/skeleton sleds usually obtain about 90-100 km/h.

Are young children interested in speed skating?

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Unfortunately most kids don't get enough exposure to the sport, and therefore don tlike it because they don't know about it. But if your wondering weather to out a child into the program, then i severely encourage you to. The sport is fun, and the people are nice, so come on out :)

Speed skating gold medalist Karin?

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Once you reach a high level of compatition in speed skating, you do whats called "Single Distance Championships". This is when a person only competes in his/her best distance, Some people do more than one distance, but many perfer to just focouson one.

Therefore there is no one winner for 1990, there would be winners for both male and female, and for every distance. There is the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3K races, there may be more but those are the basic and most common ones.

How much does a speed skater get paid hourly?

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The average high school hockey coach in Canada (private school)

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Is Apolo Ohno married?

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No, Apolo Ohno has stated in many interviews that, because of the 2010 Olympics, he has had no time for a relationship.

His last confirmed relationship was with Allison Baver, whom he dated from 2004-2006. It had been rumored that he had a relationship with Julianne Hough, his partner on "Dancing with the Stars" (although Hough has been falsely rumored to have "relationships" with several of her "Dancing with The Stars partners"). This rumor, which started in 2005, while he was dating Baver, still remains unconfirmed, although is most unlikely. Hough began dating Chuck Wicks 7/2008 and was later engaged to Chuck Wicks until 11/2009.

How long is the speed skating track?

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That all depends on the skater, obviously, and what distance they're skating. Quick research reports that they can average 30 mph, but sprint up to around 37 mph.

see this link:

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How many meters long is a speed skating race?

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There is no right answer to your question. there can be 5, 2, or 12.

Who are Anastasia Bucsis parents?

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Ross and Anita bucsis ; Calgary

When did Anton Diabelli die?

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Anton Diabelli died on April 7, 1858 at the age of 76.

Apolo Anton Ohno ethnicity?

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Apolo Anton Ohno was born to a japanese-born father and an american-caucasian mother.

How fast do short track skaters go?

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Between 30-40mph! They stay mostly in the 30mph range!