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Long Track Speed Skating

Long-track speed skating is speed skating on the large oval. Race pairs usually skate against the clock, change lanes legally and are scored by times, placings or team formats.

LevelVariant FamilyWinter Sport CategoryWinter sport / ice sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport / ice sport

Family Winter Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Ice racing with long blades, low body position, corner technique and time or place scoring.

Geeignet für Suitable for people with ice feel, endurance interest and willingness to train technique.

Cost Club training with rental/entry gear and ice time is more realistic than buying race blades immediately. Speed skates, helmet/protection by club rule, training clothing, ice time, club fee and coaching. Speed-skating club, ice oval, short-track club or national speed-skating federation. Keep long track and short track distinct; both are speed skating but no…

First progress Gliding comes quickly; clean edge and corners take several sessions.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

speed skates
ice time
helmet/protection by club rule
gloves
coach
warm close-fitting clothing

First steps

secure ice basics
find club training
rent blades and protection
practise low position
take corners slowly

Speed-skating club, ice oval, short-track training or learn-to-speed-skate programme.

Watch skating direction, spacing, gloves, helmet rules, fall zones and faster skaters.

Weitere Angaben

Tags speed-skating-long-track, winter-sport, long-track-speed-skating, wintersport, wintersport-eissport, long-track-eisschnelllauf, winter-sport-ice-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Skate the announced long-track distance on the ice oval with the best valid time or placing.

Teilnehmer

individuals or teams.

Teamgröße

individual, race pair or team by format.

Spielfeld

400 m ice oval.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

time, laps and placing.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

long-track blades
ice oval
timing

Wichtige Regelpunkte

false start
lane-crossing breach
impeding
team-format rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

ISU
International Skating Union (ISU)

Speed Skating International Skating Union · official-discipline-guide · high
Speed Skating Olympics.com · sport-guide · medium
Find a Club US Speedskating · official-beginner-guide · high