Olympic Short Track Speed Skating

- Time: Winter Olympics http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports...
- Location: Depends on where the Winter Olympics are being held http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports...
- First played: 1992 http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports...
- All-time series record: China with 29 medals over the years http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Ol...

Olympic Short Track Speed Skating has been contested at the Winter Olympics since 1992. In Short Track Speed Skating the competitors needs more than speed skills. The event is an elimination event where the athletes must try to outskate their fellow competitors in each heat. The winner is the competitor who cross the finish line first in the final heat.http://www.nbcolympics.com/shorttrack/index.html
Background

Short track speed skating was invented in Europe but quickly spread to the United States and Canada, and soon it became very popular. From 1906, the countries began competing on an annual basis, but it wasn't contested at the Winter Olympics until 1992. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skating/Short-track-speed-skating/Short-track-speed-skating-Rules-Equipment-and-History/

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- World Short Track :: the resource for short track speed skating
  
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  By Randy Starkman Olympic Sports Reporter Lucas Makowsky of Canada skates in the men's 1500 metres race at the World Cup Speed Skating competition in Hamar, ... (November 25, 2009)
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  The United States Olympic Short Track Speed Skating team landed on the medals podium four times at this weekend's ISU World Cup event in Marquette, ... (November 15, 2009)
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- LOSE DETERMINED TO WIN
  
  ... overtaken by short-track speed skating, with the Australian program achieving modest fame in 2006 when it won the country's first Winter Olympics medal. ... (November 24, 2009)
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  "We're Olympic athletes, and that in itself deserves respect," says Katherine Reutter, a short-track skater who will be competing in her first Olympics in ... (November 03, 2009)
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  2009, Universal Sports and NBC present the Countdown to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Short Track preview. Featuring interviews with Apolo Ohno. The games. (November 16, 2009)
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- Celski outskates Ohno at short track nationals | News | Team USA
  
  Charles Ryan Leveille and Ryan Bedford are attempting a historic double, trying to make both the short-track and long-track Olympic speedskating teams. Shani Davis fell short in his attempt four years ago, qualif...
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- Orléans Star > Sports > Bean solidifies Olympic speedskating berth
  
  Orléans native Nicolas Bean qualified for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver thanks to another solid World Cup short-track speedskating performance for Italy this past weekend in Marquette, MI. Bean made it thro... (November 17, 2009)
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