It is contested using a speed skating rink with a 400 meters (1,300 ft) circumference.
[citation needed] An ice sledge racing sled must be moved with sticks.
After the 1998 winter games in Nagano, ice sledge racing disappeared from the Paralympic program again.
Despite the fact that the sport has been Paralympic, only mixed competitions are held in the Netherlands, because able-bodied and disabled athletes both compete in ice sledge racing together.
The events were held indoors for the first time at the 1994 Paralympics in Lillehammer.