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