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any unlisted jump; free skating permit include the last part for short program but the skaters have freedom in selecting the kind of step sequence jumps can also be included. Figure skating pairs, the step sequence included in the short program may include any unlisted jumps, short stops, and utilize the ice surface, the workload between both partners to be taken into account for higher level. The other form of ice skating is speed skating, types are long and short track, and marathon; in the Olympic games, long track is usually referred as “speed skating” the standard rink for long track is 400 meters long, while short track is known as “short track” and it takes place on smaller rink like the size of an ice hockey rink. Finally on the marathon there is in group of the skaters, they skate long distances around 40 km. The equipment of ice skating depends of the kind of this sports, figure