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What are the ice sports

Speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating, curling, ice hockey and so on.

1, speed skating

Speed skating (speed?skating) is a race skating speed of ice sports, speed skating can help improve physical and mental health, promote the body's metabolism, improve cardiorespiratory fitness, enhance the ability to protect against the cold, and cultivate perseverance and tenacity of the will quality.

2, short track speed skating

Short track speed skating is the Winter Olympic Games program, known as short track speed skating, the size of the playing field for the 30 × 60 meters, the length of the runway per lap 111.12 meters, short track speed skating originated in Canada in the 1880s, when some Canadian speed skating enthusiasts often go to indoor hockey rinks to practice, and then produced an indoor speed skating The competition.

3, figure skating

Figure skating is a combination of skill and artistry of an ice sports program. In the music accompaniment, skating on the ice surface of various patterns, perform a variety of skills and dance movements, the referee according to the movement scoring, decide the ranking.

4, curling

Curling (Curling), also known as curling, ice skating, is a team as a unit on the ice for a throwing competition, the Winter Olympics competition, and has a curling World Championships. Set men and women 2 small items, each team is four people.

5, ice hockey

Ice hockey, also known as "ice hockey". Ice skates and hockey sticks as a tool, on the ice in a mutual confrontation of the collective game. The game each team on the ice six people, three forwards, two defenders, a goalie. Athletes use the stick to hit the ball into the opposing team's goal, to more than one for the win.