speed skater

IPA: spˈidskeɪtɝ

speedskater

IPA: spˈidskeɪtɝ

Personally I think that he is a very good speedskater.
The top-rated ad was Visa's emotional spot featuring speedskater Dan Jansen's 20th-century Olympic saga.
Another superstar Asian-American athlete, the short-track speedskater Simon Cho, provides a second example.
TORINO While Joey Cheek had to settle for silver Saturday, the USA speedskater is having a Midas touch elsewhere.
Olympic Team in Salt Lake City as a speedskater fell short, he began making a name for himself as a wireless analyst.
American speedskater Jennifer Rodriguez appeared in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, winning a pair of medals in 2002.
In the coming weeks, short-track speedskater Katherine Reutter will be doing heavy lifting to begin renovations on her parents 'house.
I had an interview at 9 a.m. and I needed to meet up with some people beforehand; and by some people I mean Bonnie Blair, the speedskater that won a bunch of Olympic gold medals, yeah that "some people."
While most skaters would not be able to perform at that level while trying so many new things, fellow Olympic short-track speedskater Allison Baver says Ohno "could probably put on a different boot today and race at the Olympics and win a medal."
The leg muscles of someone such as speedskater Shani Davis are likely composed of 80 percent fast-twitch and 20 percent slow, while an Olympic skier who excels at the mass start and pursuit (the longest Nordic events) might have as much as 90 percent slow-twitch and 10 percent fast.

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Writing lessons from Olympic speed-skater, Steven Bradbury by Joanna Penn on March 18, 2009
Brittany Salmon, 25, is a short-track speed-skater from Utah who hopes to contend for an Olympic berth.
But on Wednesday, just hours before he was to depart for the Chinese capital, the speed-skater had his visa revoked.
But speed-skater Dan Jansen fell in two races at the 1988 Olympics after he learned that his sister had died of leukemia.
That's why long-track speed-skater Annie Driscoll, for instance, trains off-season by running, cycling, weight lifting and in-line skating six days a week, for three to eight hours a day.
Joey also lost a lot of weight as he danced and spun his way to, well -- almost -- the top on "Dancing With The Stars" until Olympic speed-skater, Apollo Anton Ohno stole his thunder in this week ` s finale to win the competition.
According to reports, the ballot includes: Short track speed-skater Allison Baver; freestyle skier Travis Cabral; speed-skater Casey FitzRandolph; bobsledder Todd Hays; speed-skater Chad Hedrick; snowboarder Danny Kass; freestyle skier Joe Pack; freestyle skier Speedy Peterson; women's ice hockey player Angela Ruggiero; skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender; snowboarder Seth Wescott; and Chris Witty, the speed-skater who was to carry the Stars and Stripes in Friday night's opening ceremony.