Stock Photo - UTRECHT - The Dutch Championship Schoonrijden (beautiful skating) on the icerink Vechtsebanen in the Dutch city Utrecht on Tuesday 3-3-2015. Some 40 participants from across the country competed Tuesday individually and in pairs to the highest honor in the league and in the A-Class. Schoonrijden not about speed or spectacular jumps, but about the perfect technical skating. Participants must via so-called out-skating, swing and move on an imaginary straight line in a steady cadence on the ice. Schoonrijden takes slightly in popularity the last two years, but is mainly practiced by people from middle age. The technique for Schoonrijden formed the basis for high speed skating. The Netherlands has about 250 active Schoonrijders. Forty of them take part in the annual competition and also the final Championship in Utrecht. Additional handicap was Tuesday the strong wind. Foto: VidiPhoto dpa - NETHERLANDS OUT - NO WIRE SERVICE - |. - Utrecht/Utrecht/Netherlands

Stock Photo: UTRECHT - The Dutch Championship Schoonrijden (beautiful skating) on the icerink Vechtsebanen in the Dutch city Utrecht on Tuesday 3-3-2015.

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