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The glide stride is a basic technique used by speed skaters on back straights and curves.
Watch: A speed skater's glide stride
Eric Heiden Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title. Lidiya Skoblikova Speed skateA speed skate has a low boot and a thin blade that is essentially flat all along its length. This design differs from a short-track speed skate, which has a higher blade, to help the skater maneuver around sharp turns, and a slightly higher boot.
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The glide stride is a basic technique used by speed skaters on back straights and curves.
Eric Heiden
Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
Lidiya Skoblikova
Speed skateA speed skate has a low boot and a thin blade that is essentially flat all along its length. This design differs from a short-track speed skate, which has a higher blade, to help the skater maneuver around sharp turns, and a slightly higher boot.
Watch: A speed skater's glide stride
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Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes
Canadian cyclist and speed skater
Yang Yang
Chinese skater
Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
German athlete
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
Sven Kramer
Dutch skater
Hjalmar Andersen
Norwegian speed skater
Shani Davis
Shani Davis
American athlete
Jack Shea
American speed skater
Dan Jansen
American speed skater
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Dutch speed skater
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
American speed skater
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Cathy Turner
American speed skater
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
Speed skater and cyclist Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
East German speed skater and cyclist
Karin Enke
German skater
Ivar Ballangrud
Norwegian speed skater

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