Speed Skating By: Greg

Table of Contents What Who When Where Why how

What's speed skating Speed skating is a compotation In the winter Olympics. This sport is on the ice rink and is one of the fastest sports on ice.

Who Apolo Anton ohno is one of many people who participate in the speed skating. He is a 5 time gold medalist and they are in two Olympic games. He also has 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal. He lives in salt lake city, Utah Another speed skater is Chad Hedrick he has a 3 time world champion and has 3 gold medals plus 2 silver medals. Also has 1 bronze medal. He also lives in salt lake city, Utah This is Chad This is apolo

when This is in February the dates are The 13 through the 27.

Where This year at the Vancouver Olympics the place were they will be competing at is Vancouver's pacific coliseum.

Why Why people speed skate is because they fall in love with the sport witch causes them to keep competing and they soon become in the Olympics. Plus they always want to come to glory and win the gold medal.

How The way they play is they start on roller blades then go faster and faster. Once they become very good at it they move to ice skates and go really fast. Plus they do ballerina lessons to get there balance.