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Speed Skating<br />

● Speed skating started in the Olympics in 1924.<br />

● Speed skating began as a rapid form of transportation across frozen lakes and rivers.<br />

● It made its Olympics debut the 1924 winter games.<br />

● The first known skating competition is thought to have been held in the Netherlands in<br />

1676.<br />

● The event almost always follows the European<br />

system, which consists of skaters competition<br />

two~by~two.<br />

By Jillian

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