Understand the Olympic short track format — explore event types, race structure, qualification heats, scoring system, ...

Speed skating, or long track, is a race against the clock. Skaters compete in pairs on a large 400-meter oval, which is the same size as an outdoor track. While two athletes skate at the same time, ...

Italy won the first short track medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics, skating to gold in the mixed relay with Canada and Belgium ...

Italian Arianna Fontana, whose 11 Olympic medals are the most for a short track speed skater, is adding long track speed skating this season and wants to compete in both disciplines at her home ...

Short-track speedskating, a 1992 addition to the Winter Olympics program, encompasses a series of events contested on a rink about four times smaller than long track, which is known simply as ...

Short track has provided Winter Olympic thrills since 1988, when the sport made its debut as a demonstration sport. In short track, athletes race against each other around an oval measuring just ...

Long-track speedskating is all about grace and efficiency. Short track is often about chaos. By Kevin Draper BEIJING — The first night of short-track speedskating at the Olympics did not disappoint.

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The biggest difference between the two is how the races are run. Speed skating, or long track, is a race against the clock. Skaters compete in pairs on a large 400-meter oval, which is the same size ...

WASHINGTON — While short track speed skating and speed skating may look similar at first glance, they are run very differently. Here’s what to know about the key differences, according to Olympic ...