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Wikipedia: Speed skating (also long track speed skating) is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as short track speedskating, inline speedskating, and quad speed skating are also called speed skating.
![[Marathon speed skating in the Netherlands in 2007]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Miquel_marathocompetitie7_s.jpg "Marathon speed skating in the Netherlands in 2007")
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![[Wouter Olde Heuvel, Erben Wennemars, and Sven Kramer training for team pursuit in Thialf]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Oldeheuvel_Wennemars_Kramer_s.jpg "Wouter Olde Heuvel, Erben Wennemars, and Sven Kramer training for team pursuit in Thialf")
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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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