2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships is a long track speed skating event that was held on January 21–22, 2006, in the Thialf, in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Rules All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 and 1000 meters. Skaters with equal overall points are ranked according to their results in the last distance. Men championships Sprint results Women championships Sprint results References External linksISU website
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Thialf
Thialf is an ice arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Thialf consists of the Thialf-hal (a 12,500-capacity speed skating venue) and the Elfstedenhal (a 2,500-capacity ice hockey venue). Thialf is used for long track speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating, ice speedway, and non-sporting events. The outdoor rink was opened in 1967, and the indoor stadium was opened in 1986. Several world records have been set in the indoor stadium. Annually, Thialf hosts two Speed Skating World Cup events. Jan de Jong was the ice rink master at Thialf for many years. History Thialf is named after Thialfi, a character in Norse mythology, who was Thor's servant and had to race a giant. Construction on the artificial outdoor ice rink was started in 1966, and it was opened on 14 October 1967 by Princess Christina of the Netherlands. It was the third 400m artificial ice rink in the Netherlands, after the Jaap Eden baan in Amsterdam and the IJsselstadion in Deventer. Sever ...
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