How fast do speed skaters go

You May Also Like. We're Breaking It Down. Healthy Living. Now You Know. Latest Fitness. Get Daily Fitness Inspiration Right in your inbox. Biney recently opened up about how she is able to go so fast in a video for CNN. She explained:. There are five different lengths that long track speed skaters race on: meters, 1, meters, 1, meters, 3, meters, and 5, meters, according to the PyeongChang games' website.

These races are all performed on a meter track that the competitors make laps around. When it comes to short track, athletes compete in meter, 1,meter, and 1,meter races, all on a Men also compete in a 5,meter relay, while women also compete in a 3,meter relay.

The high-speed sport doesn't come without danger. Several speed skaters compete at the same time, all trying to get a good position on the track, meaning there's a high possibility of collision. They're all wearing super sharp blades, that are about 46 centimeters 1. On the flat they get a little bit faster — though not much mind you. Usain Bolt was clocked at an unbelievable I mean, they do have wheels after all… But when it comes to shorter distances like m, Bolt can run m faster than the fastest inliner can do that distance however….

Why do speed skaters wear tight clothes? To go fast. It seems obvious. They often test different clothing types in wind tunnels to determine its wind resistance.

They hopefully do other tests to determine the optimum type of clothing you want to be skating in, and tight clothes seem to come out on top. Are fast skaters fast runners? Yes but not amazingly so. Average roller skating speed? It could be as slow as 3 mph in a roller disco. Or much much faster as detailed above. Clothes you can move in, basically What clothes are suitable for Because they have to fly on the ice so fast, their wardrobes matter. The key to winning against physics and humans alike is to reduce the amount of air resistance a body produces.

We looked into how fast speed skaters actually skate, and wow, we feel lazy. Jessica Booth Updated Feb 09, pm.