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The first Winter Olympics, held in 1924, included speed skating, but the first official short track speed skating events were not held until the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. [1] Before 1992, short track speed skating events were held at the 1988 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport. At those games, events for both men and ...
The majority of medals that South Korea and China have won at the Winter Olympics come from short-track speed skating. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Haralds Silovs of Latvia became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two disciplines on ...
A total of nine short track speed skating events were held. [ 1 ] In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay held over a distance of 2000 metres, increasing the total number of events to nine. [ 2 ]
This was the United States' first World Cup medal in the event in eight years. [2] She competed at the 2020 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, where she won a silver medal in the 1000 metres and a bronze medal in the 500 metres. [3] [4] She represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [5]
Cathy Ann Turner (born April 10, 1962, in Rochester, New York) is an American short track speed skater, who won gold medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics. Turner was the American short-track champion in 1979, but short-trak speed skating was not then an Olympic discipline, and in 1980 she left skating to pursue a career ...
Short track speed skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia on 13–26 February 2010. China dominated the competition, sweeping the women's events - winning gold in the 500 m, 1,000 m 1,500 m and 3000 m relay.
Event Time Name Nation Games Date Ref 500 metres 42.379 Suzanne Schulting Netherlands (NED) 2022 Beijing: 5 February 2022 [5]1000 metres 1:26.514 Suzanne Schulting
The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics began on 24 February, with the final held on 26 February, at the Pacific Coliseum. Records [ edit ]