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Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, short-track speedskating, inline speedskating, and quad speed skating are also called speed skating.
Competitions in North America tended to be held indoors, for example in Madison Square Garden, New York, and therefore on shorter tracks than was usual for outdoor skating. In 1967, the International Skating Union (ISU) adopted short-track speed skating, although it did not organize international competitions until 1976. World Championships in ...
Short track speed skating had little following in the long track speed skating countries of Europe, such as Norway, the Netherlands and the former Soviet Union, with none of these nations having won official medals (though the Netherlands won two gold medals when the sport was a demonstration event in 1988).
The first international championship to be held at the new rink was the 1978 World Sprint Speed Skating Championship for women and men. During the 1980 Olympics competition, Eric Heiden won five gold medals and set a world record in the 10,000-meter event, with a time of 14.28,13—the only world record to have been achieved at the rink. [2]
The governing body for speed skating, the International Skating Union (ISU), was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded, but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. No speed skating events were contested, although figure skating – also governed by the ...
Pages in category "Speed skaters from New York City" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.
Jordan Stolz skates in the 500 meters during the U.S. long-track speed skating championships Oct. 27, 2023, at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee. Some criticism on Jordan Stolz's path to ...
Blair was born in Cornwall, New York to Charlie and Eleanor Blair. She was the youngest of six children. [1] Her godmother is Canadian speed skater Cathy Priestner. [2] The family moved to Champaign, Illinois when Bonnie was a toddler. [1] [3] Bonnie first tried skating, already a hobby for her siblings, at age two. [3]