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short-track speed skating
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winter sport, in which skaters skate on an oval ice track with a length of 111.12 m
Short-track speed skating is a winter sport where athletes race on a small oval ice track that measures 111.12 meters around. It's a competitive event that tests skaters' speed, agility, and technique as they navigate the tight curves of the indoor track.
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- Instance of
- sports discipline
- Subclass of
- Olympic sport
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Image
- Saguenay 500m.jpg
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- minimum number of players
- 2
- uses
- ice skate
- Commons category
- Short track speed skating
- topic's main category
- Category:Short-track speed skating
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Encyclopedic overview
Preparation of the ice Placement of rubber cones Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of 111.12 metres (364.57 ft). The rink itself is 60 metres (196.85 ft) long by 30 metres (98.43 ft) wide, which is the same size as an Olympic-sized figure skating rink and an international-sized ice hockey rink. Related sports include long-track speed skating and inline speed skating.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “short-track speed skating” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.