Skating originated as a means of transportation on ice and has evolved into several competitive sports over centuries. There are various forms of skating including long track, short track, figure skating and marathon skating that have large popularity in European and North American countries. A famous long distance skating race is the 11-city race held in Friesland, Netherlands.

2. What is skate? History Skate competition Dutch famous skaters 11-city race Short movie

3. By skate you move on the ice up thin, straight irons (skates) figure-skate ice hockey-skate You can practice skate on natural ice or artificial ice

4. Most skating sports have origins beyond the 20th century, with long track speed skating the first to be organised with international competition.

5. You have different kinds of competitions: Long track skate Short track skate Marathon skate Figure-skating

6. Has large popularity in: The Netherlands Austria Canada Finland Germany Italy Japan Norway South Korea Russia Sweden The Czech Republik United States

7. Short track skate is a form of competitive ice speed skating

8. Skaters, skate in a large group and they skate large distances.

9. Skating (actually "riding on the skate art ') is a sporting event with solo, couples and groups of skaters

10. Erik Hulzebosch Irene W üst Sven Kramer Jochem Simon Uytdehaage Rob ert Rintje Ritsma

12. The 11-city race is a skating marathon in Friesland.

14. This is the end of our talk, we show you a short movie about the 11-city race in Friesland Are there any questions? We hope you liked our presentation! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXoSYK8mn0