Talk:Speed skating

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'Overview' section confusing
It appears the overview section is talking solely about short track, but the article is about speed skating in general.

I deleted the first paragraph and moved one sentence to the history section. 77.163.66.6 (talk) 23:08, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Opening comment
ok my cousin Derek Parra is a spped skater he took home gold and silver (i think) in 2002 in the 1500 and 5000. hes awsome!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.49.92 (talk) 01:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

History: King Eystein of Norway had raced his brother Sigurd on skates?
The statement
 * In Heimskringla, it is said that Eystein Magnusson, later king Eystein I of Norway, had raced his brother Sigurd on ice legs 

seems not correct, therefore I cancelled it. Look on heimskringla translation in “Comparison Between the Two Kings.” The translation there says only
 * ''Eystein: "..... and I could run upon snow-skates so well that nobody could beat me…..."

There is no other point mentioning “skates”. And “snow-skates” (Snowskate) are not ice-skates! --85.183.16.94 (talk) 07:29, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * This is when one doesn't learn to trust translations...
 * The original states:
 * Eysteinn konungr sagði: Ekki svam ek skemra en þú, ok eigi var ek verr kafsyndr; ek kunna ok á ísleggjum, svá at engan vissa ek þann, er þat kepti við mik, en þú kunnir þat eigi heldr en naut.
 * What ísleggjum means is of course open to debate, but "ís" is not snow (the Norse word for snow was "snær"), and according to our ice skate article Scandinavians have been using metal blades attached to the foot for skating since 200 AD. Sam Vimes | Address me 19:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Maybe you are right.
 * Besides that the ice skate article says not "since 200 AD" but "was dated to 200" wihtout "AD". Is there any verification / proof for the date of the first metal blade skate?


 * When in ísleggjum is = ice, what means leggjum? In Germany is Eisbein a compound of Eis (=ice) and Bein (=leg), meaning the carpal-bone of pigs, which was hundreds of years before used for bone skates  ..... --85.183.16.94 (talk) 08:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

HISTORY EDITS
I have added some extremely relevant information which was missing from the history section, why it was missing I have no idea but anyway, I have spread the previous entry into the chronological timeline.Twobells (talk) 11:12, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

National Ice Skating Assocation
The article states that the National Ice Skating Assocation organized the first official race in 1763. However, according to the information on the page accessed by the National Ice Skating Association link, the organization wasn't formed until 1879. 205.143.204.110 (talk) 18:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The sentence is still in the article. -- KWiki (talk) 11:18, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Possible addition of rules section?
I think the header says it all. It would improve the article. Simyou (talk) 14:37, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Glove/grove?
In Equipment, it says "skaters wear smooth ceramic or carbon fiber tips on the left hand grove to reduce friction" is that meant to be glove not grove? I'm pretty sure but grove could be some technical term???˥ Ǝ Ʉ H Ɔ I Ɯ (talk) 01:28, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

After further research, yep, gloves...˥ Ǝ Ʉ H Ɔ I Ɯ (talk) 02:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)