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Wikipedia: Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling 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".
![[Speed skating match on the Zuiderzee near Hindelopen, Netherlands in 1828]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kortebaanwedstrijd_in_Hindelopen_s.jpg "Speed skating match on the Zuiderzee near Hindelopen, Netherlands in 1828")
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![[Jaap Eden, the first official world champion]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jaap_Eden_skating_s.jpg "Jaap Eden, the first official world champion")
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![[Individual start]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Veit_Dubiel_2008_11_02_s.jpg "Individual start")
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