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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
That sounds crazy. I watch a lot of speed skating but I've never seen anything like that happen. I thought the rules were that the official could only stop the race during the first lap. Having an equipment failure and restarting because of that makes no sense at all.
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The rule your talking about refers to falls and interference before the last cone of the first curve.
The referee is allowed to re-start any race, at any time, when something happens that may affect the end result (like a guy's skate blade breaking off).