Ice skating can be tracked back almost 1000 years to when people would attach animal bones to their feet and glide across the frozen water of canals and rivers. This originally started in the Netherlands and also Scandinavia. However a pair of real all-iron skates were not invented until 1592 by an unknown Scotsman. After this ice skating suddenly became very popular and soon became a sport where many countries got involved. The Dutch then became the first country to host a World Championships in 1889. Any skater who entered must skate in four separate distances; 500m, 1500m, 5000m and 10000m.
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