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Speedskater meaning
An athlete who specializes in speedskating
Synonyms of Speedskater
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The 21-year old speedskater from Cranford is headed state-side with the Canadian Long Track Team for the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships Jan.
And athletes like Biney and fellow speedskater Erin Jackson, the first black woman to competein long-track skating for the US, are challengingwhat some Olympic athletes typically look like.
February 9 will see the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where Denmark’s biggest medal hope, the speedskater Elena Møller Rigas, will be the flag carrier.
Kodaira’s gold was the first by a Japanese female speedskater and Japan’s first in the sport since Hiroyasu Shimizu won the men’s 500 on home ice at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
Only two other athletes — the Japanese short-track speedskater Kei Saito and the Slovenian hockey player Ziga Jeglic — have failed doping tests at these Games.
Speedskater Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands has broken his own Olympic record in the 10,000 meters at the Pyeongchang Games.
Speedskater Shani Davis will be competing in his fifth Olympics, and in 2006, he became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at a Winter Games.