This is the first installment in a three-part series about the efforts of Obihiro, as the nation¡¯s speedskating hub, to nurture young skaters to become future Olympians.
¡°Start!¡± With the calls in English from coach Tucker Fredricks, 38, a former speedskater representing the United States, five high school students began practicing on their training bicycles at a speedskating facility in Obihiro in the Tokachi region of Hokkaido.
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