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When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.
Brittany Bowe

Meaning of "speed skating" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPEED SKATING

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Speed skating is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPEED SKATING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Speed skating

Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The ISU, the governing body of both ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". Long track speed skating in Thialf in 2008 The standard rink for long track is 400 meters long, but tracks of 200, 250 and 333⅓ meters are used occasionally. It is one of two Olympic forms of the sport and the one with the longer history. An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter sport. The sport enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands and Norway. There are top international rinks in a number of other countries, including Canada, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Russia.

Definition of speed skating in the English dictionary

The definition of speed skating in the dictionary is a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances.

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Synonyms and antonyms of speed skating in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «speed skating» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPEED SKATING

Find out the translation of speed skating to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of speed skating from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «speed skating» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

速度滑冰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patinaje de velocidad
570 millions of speakers

English

speed skating
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्पीड स्केटिंग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التزلج السريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конькобежный спорт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patinação de velocidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গতি স্কেটিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

patinage de vitesse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelajuan skating
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eisschnelllauf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スピードスケート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스피드 스케이팅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Olahraga skate
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trượt băng tốc độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரைவு சறுக்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पीड स्केटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hız Pateni
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pattinaggio di velocità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łyżwiarstwo szybkie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ковзанярський спорт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patinaj viteză
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

πατινάζ ταχύτητας
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

spoed skaats
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

skridsko
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

skøyter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speed skating

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEED SKATING»

The term «speed skating» is regularly used and occupies the 68.144 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about speed skating

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3 QUOTES WITH «SPEED SKATING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word speed skating.
1
Brittany Bowe
When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.
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Brittany Bowe
I don't even know if you can blink in a hundredth of a second, and that's what it comes down to in speed skating.
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Shani Davis
As soon as I was introduced to ice speed skating, I was instantly hooked. I never thought about pursuing skating professionally; I just enjoyed doing it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEED SKATING»

Discover the use of speed skating in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speed skating and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Speed Skating
Although becoming a speed skater requires hard training, most of all it requires nerve. This amazing book will explain how the combination of danger and velocity makes speed skating one of the most exciting winter sports.
Joseph Gustaitis, 2009
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Speed Skating
A brief overview of the sport of speed skating including its history, equipment, categories of events, and memorable performances by speed skaters at the Olympic games.
Larry Dane Brimner, 1997
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Speed on Skates
Advises how to improve in-line and ice skating technique and reduce finish times
Barry Publow, 1999
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A Biomechanical Comparison of Starting Technique in Speed ...
The purpose of the study was to determine the most effective joint movements, velocities and body positions to perform the fastest start in ice hockey and the fastest start in short track speed skating in female athletes.
Brian Shackel, 2008
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Olympic speed skating
Presents accounts of Olympic speed skating competition beginning in 1924.
Ice Skating Institute of America, United States Olympic Committee, 1979
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A Basic Guide to Speed Skating
After they left speed skating, both Eric and Beth became world- class cyclists — Eric even raced in the famous Tour de France. Beth also was a member of the University of Vermont's NCAA champion ski team. Away from sports, Beth earned a ...
Us Olympic Committee, 2002
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Exercise and Sport Science
SUGGESTED READINGS Beneke R. Boldte F. Meller W. Behn C. Maximal lactate steady state in speed skating. Leistungsdiagnostik-Trainingssteiieriing 1991: 10:766-767. Broshears C. Matiasek M. Hill HR. et al. Knee angle and Hb/ Mb O; ...
William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall, 2000
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Minnesota Sports Almanac: 125 Glorious Years
medal); James Denney (ski jumping); James Grahek (ski jumping); Peter Hoag Jr . (biathlon); Steve Janaszak (ice hockey, gold medal); Mark Johnson (ice hockey, gold medal); Todd Kempainen (skiing); Kim Kostron (speed skating); James ...
Joel A. Rippel, 2006
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Popular Science
THE ANATOMY OF SPEED SKATING. BY E. TAIT McKENZIE. SPEED skating as a distinct branch of athletics is of recent date, but as an art it is one of the oldest cultivated by the vigorous nations of the temperate and frigid zones. Fitz Stephen  ...
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Ice Skating: Steps to Success
Since you can attain as much, or even greater, speed skating backward as forward, you must learn how to stop as well when you're going backward as when you're going forward. The one-sided backward snowplow stop is an efficient and ...
Karin Künzle-Watson, 1996

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEED SKATING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term speed skating is used in the context of the following news items.
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St. Paul native Lamb blasts US Speedskating after Americans' latest …
Carlos Gonzalez, Dml - Star Tribune Maria Lamb of the USA competed in the Women's 5000m meter speed skating event at Adler Arena on Wednesday. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb 14»
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Why Are the Dutch So Dang Good at Speed Skating?
Gold medalist Jorrit Bergsma, center, raises his arms in celebration applauded by silver medalist Sven Kramer, left, and bronze medalist Bob de Jong of the ... «Mashable, Feb 14»
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Ter Mors steps up to smash Olympic 1500m speed skating record …
The Netherlands' Jorien Ter Mors set a new Olympic record to take gold in the women's 1,500m, as Dutch athletes swept the top four places, underlining their ... «Olympic, Feb 14»
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US team to switch speed skating suits due to poor physics
The Under Armor speed skating suits meant to help US Olympic team members win may have actually been slowing them down, writes the Wall Street Journal in ... «Ars Technica, Feb 14»
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Brodka wins men's speed skating 1500m
Poland's Zbigniew Brodka won the men's 1500m long track speed skating gold in dramatic fashion at Sochi 2014. Brodka and Koen Verweij of the Netherlands ... «BBC News, Feb 14»
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The political economy of Dutch speed skating success
“A foreigner has won a medal at men's speed skating.” That was the headline in the Dutch satirical newspaper De Speld on Wednesday, shared widely on social ... «Washington Post, Feb 14»
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Denny Morrison wins silver for Canada in men's 1000-metre …
Speed Skating Canada then approached Junio, a 23-year-old from Calgary who was 10th in Monday's 500 metres, and asked whether he would consider giving ... «Toronto Star, Feb 14»
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The Wrong Kind of Ice Capades
There's been a lot going on in U.S. speed skating since the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, but don't worry. We're here to get you caught up. In 2011, a member of ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 13»
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Speed skater JR Celski overcomes bloody injury to capture bronze
Going into the final turn of Saturday night's 1,500-meter short-track speed skating final, J.R. Celski was fifth. The South Korean skaters had a firm grasp on the ... «CNN, Feb 10»

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