 Posted: 01/29/08 - 00:43 Post subject:
It is true that Speed skating is an Olympic sport. Competitors are racing against time while crossing distance. Skaters manage to achieve maximum speed of some 60 km/h during short distances. Skaters race on a two-lane oval similar in dimension to an outdoor athletics track. In Bislett stadium in Oslo an athletics track covered with ice functioned as a speed skating track. A standard track is either 333⅓ or 400 m long. The standard used for all major competitions is 400 m. For training and smaller competitions tracks of non-standard lengths, such 200 or 250 m, are also being used. On standard tracks, each lane is 3–4 m wide and the curves have a radius of 25–26 m in the inner lane.
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