International skaters warm up on the ice
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The international athletes, among them the top US skaters, competed in Friday's International Shootout.
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All present and correct!
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Among the athletes is ice cross downhill veteran Jasper Felder, the winner of the first-ever Red Bull Crashed Ice held in Stockholm in 2001.
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20 of the top female athletes, including Finland's Salla Kyhala - the fastest qualifier - were also in action.
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Making their way to the start...
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The athletes competed in single timed runs, but on Saturday they will be racing four-at-a-time.
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Russia's Khariton Vlasov is poised at the start gate.
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The skaters warm up in the locker-room.
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It's an unusually mild weekend in Minnesota, but the ice is still in good condition.
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Derek Wedge, the 2013 Ice Cross Downhill World Champion, is pumped!
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Canada's Coleton Haywood negotiates a set of rollers...
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The USA's Danny Bergeson is among 18 American athletes who have progressed to Saturday's Round of 64.
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