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The
sport of speed skating is a discipline demanding a blend of quickness,
stamina, and strategy. It's fun, exciting, healthful, social, and
rewarding.
Competitive
speed skating is a non-contact sport, requiring skaters to display
their skills to maneuver cleanly through the pack and into winning
position. Skaters are disqualified for pushing, blocking, forcing
another racer out of position, or using their arms, legs, or hands
in any way that impedes the progress of other competitors. Skaters
learn the importance of teamwork, of being persistent and organized,
and of setting and reaching goals and learning to value good sportsmanship.
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