Directory of Rinks Resources

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A speed skater skates on a rink or oval of ice. All major events are skated on a 400 meter oval. The ice could be made naturally as well as artificial. Since 1985 there are made several indoor venues, which houses a artificial speed skating oval of 400 meters.

Resources in This Category

• Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena M-wave

  http://www.nagano-mwave.co.jp/m_wave/language/en.php
  Indoor speed skating oval in Nagano, Japan. Built and used for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano. Site provides lots of information about the venue itself.

• Pettit National Ice Center

  http://www.thepettit.com/
  Olympic Training Facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The center houses an indoor 400 meters oval. Featuring Hockey, Speed Skating, Figure Skating and daily Public Skating.

• Richmond Olympic Oval

  http://richmondoval.ca/
  Speed skating oval in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Built and used for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

• The Calgary Olympic Oval

  http://oval.ucalgary.ca/
  First covered speed skating oval in North America. Built for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary and now used for training and recreation.

• Utah Olympic Oval

  http://utaholympiclegacy.com/sports/speed-skating
  Speed skating oval in Kearns near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Built for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

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