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Inline Speed Skating

Inline speed skating is a World Skate racing discipline on inline skates. Races take place on track, road courses or marathon routes and are decided by time, placing, points or elimination formats.

LevelVariant FamilySkate Family CategoryRoller sport

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Classification

Category Roller sport

Family Skate Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Racing on inline skates across track, road or marathon formats.

Geeignet für Suitable for confident skaters who like speed, endurance, corner technique and pack tactics.

Cost Medium to high: speed skates, helmet, protectors and safe training venue are needed. Skate maintenance, wheels, protection, club/track fees, races and travel. Speed skating club, roller-sport federation, track training or marathon group. Do not mix with ISU ice speed skating or winter labels.

First progress Basic speed quickly; efficient technique and pack skating take longer.

Fitness level high

Was du brauchst

speed inline skates
helmet
protectors
track/road course
coach or group

First steps

secure braking
practise base position
train corner line
learn group spacing
race short formats first

Speed skating club, World Skate/national roller-sport federation, track training or marathon group.

Train with helmet/protection, closed course and controlled group.

Weitere Angaben

Tags inline-speed-skating, world-skate, speed, track-road, rollsport, skate-familie, inline-speedskating, roller-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete the distance or format on inline skates legally and faster or better placed.

Teilnehmer

Individual racers; relay/team formats may exist by competition.

Teamgröße

Individual, relay or team scoring by format.

Spielfeld

Inline speed track, circuit, road course or marathon route with marked racing surface.

Dauer

Distance- and format-dependent.

Wertung

Timing, placing, points or elimination logic.

Gewinnbedingung

Fastest time, highest points or best placing by format.

Ausrüstung

speed inline skates
helmet
protectors
race course
timing

Wichtige Regelpunkte

false start
impeding
course breach
illegal passing/contact
equipment breach