Definitions
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- noun sports, speedskating A type of
ice skate used inspeedskating , with a long skate blade attached to the sole of the skate boot via twopillars , at the heel and ball of the foot. - verb To skate on speedskates.
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Examples
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Didier Defago restores downhill gold to Switzerland; Bode Miller gets bronze bcondottaoly is on his way to the men's 500 speedskate.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Kramer, Davis lead chase for speedskate gold - AFP News: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Tae-Bum Mo of South Korea wins gold in men's 500-meter speedskating
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Or how about the man who simply walks around with a speedskate seemingly soldered to the top of his obviously warped cranium?
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local jhenderson@denverpost.com ( 2010
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I would have loved for them to speedskate, but they don't want to.
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Michael Schuler and Elizabeth Einset have shovelled and maintained two international length speedskate short-tracks for the past couple weeks.
unknown title 2009
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Michael Schuler and Elizabeth Einset have shovelled and maintained two international length speedskate short-tracks for the past couple weeks.
unknown title 2009
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"When I was 14 years old and learning to speedskate, I had no idea you guys would be asking me, 'How does it feel to be the most decorated Olympian in U.S. history?'
The Seattle Times 2010
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"When I was 14 years old and learning to speedskate, I had no idea you guys would be asking me, 'How does it feel to be the most decorated Olympian in U.S. history?'
The Seattle Times 2010
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"When I was 14 years old and learning how to speedskate, I had no idea you guys would be talking about, 'Oh, how does it feel to be the most decorated Winter Olympics athlete of all time?'
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local jhenderson@denverpost.com ( 2010
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