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Speed skating
Speeed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which individuals race around an ice rink. There are three categories of the sport based on speed and distance they are, short-track speed skating, long-track speed skating and marathon speed skating.
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Speed skating
boots
Sports; Speed skating
Boots in speed skating are usually made of leather they do not have high tops, but give freedom of movement to a skater's ankle. They, of course, have skating blades attached to them.
breakaway
Sports; Speed skating
This is a sprint used by a skater to breakaway from the rest of the skaters and is usually done in the final moments of a race in a sprint to the finish line.
burn out
Sports; Speed skating
This is a fast pace set by one skater in an attempt to exhaust the other skaters.
change in track
Sports; Speed skating
In Olympic skating, skaters must change the lanes of the track that they started in. The skater who begins the race in the inside lane of the track moves to the outside lane when they reach the ...
charging
Sports; Speed skating
This is a foul and it happens when one skater is trying to pass another skater on the inside and touches the skater they are trying to pass.
chasers
Sports; Speed skating
These are skaters who are trying to catch up to or go in front of the other skaters.
