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Speed skeitchin
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Speed skeitchin, or speedskeitchin, is a competitive furm o ice skeitchin in which the competitors race ilk ither in travelin a certaint distance on skeitchs. Types o speed skeitchin are long track speed skeitchin, short track speed skeitchin, an marathon speed skeitchin. In the Olympic Gemmes, lang-track speed skeitchin is uisually referred tae as juist "speed skeitchin", while short-track speed skeitchin is kent as "short track".[1] The ISU, the govrenin body o baith ice sports, refers tae lang track as "speed skeitchin" an short track as "short track skeitchin".
Quick Facts Heichest govrenin body, Characteristics ...
![]() Paulien van Deutekom in Thialf in 2007 | |
Heichest govrenin body | Internaitional Skatin Union |
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Characteristics | |
Mixed gender | Yes |
Olympic | 1929 |
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