Speed skaters don't spin. Their training and equipment is designed to maximize foreward velocity.
Pro hockey and speed skaters wear helmets but pro figure skaters don't.
They're used for different purposes-- figure skates for jumps and spins and speed skates for speed.
Speed skaters use friction and drag.
Norwegians that skate fast
Depends on your height. If you are 5'2, those are slightly chunky thighs, but if you are 5'4, you are average. If you are 5'6+, you are slim.
Yes, American skater Keith Carney is openly gay. There have been closeted Dutch skaters in the past.
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They always were short sleeve shirts and shorts because when you speed skate you have to go really fast and you get hot really quick but some speed skaters buy speed skating uniforms that are very light and very stretchy so you can move your legs easily.
Sasha Cohen
12.5 m/s
30 mph on land, 35-40 mph on ice.