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SPEED SKATER [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
CONT

Speed skaters, like any other moving body, must battle constantly against friction of one kind or another. Twenty percent of the resistance they encounter is between the skate and the ice, the other 80 percent comes from friction with the air.

OBS

Speed skating term(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Terme(s) de patinage de vitesse.

Spanish

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