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speed skating

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speed skating
n.
Competitive racing on speed skates, usually around an oval course.

speed skater n.

speed skating
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Ice Skating) a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
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Noun1.speed skating - competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course)speed skating - competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course)
skating - the sport of gliding on skates


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Olympic champion over 1000m and 1500m in Nagano in 1998 and in the 1000m in Turin in 2006, 35-year-old Timmer is one of the biggest names in speed skating.
Sung Si-Bak of South Korea set a short-track speed skating world record in the semi-finals of the men's 500m, but Francois-Louis Tremblay got the win in the final at the World Cup event.
Like the original, multiple events are catered for, including curling, snowboarding, ski jumping, speed skating and slalom.
 
 
 
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