Short track skaters compete on a 111.12-meter track, as opposed to the 400 meters in long track racing. With the greater distances, skaters must employ both speed and strategy to win, as you want ...

The ice speedskating club placed a second local skater besides Stoddard on the U.S. short track squad headed for the Beijing Games. That's 17-year-old Eunice Lee of Bellevue, Washington.

In individual long track speed skating events, competitors skate around a 4000m oval in a contest for the best time. "There are two lanes on the ice, two different skaters who never come into contact ...

The capital region has produced two of the U.S. Olympic team's eight speedskaters. Nearly a third of the short track speedskaters who qualified for Olympic trials this year came from D.C.-area clubs.

Canada won six of the nine events at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Beijing, taking momentum into the 2025-26 Olympic season. Steven Dubois led the way with four titles, ...

The longest individual race for long track is the men’s 10,000m while for short track it is the 1500m. To compare speeds, the world record in the 500m for short track is 39.505 by China's Wu Dajing.

The longest individual race for long track is the men’s 10,000m while for short track it is the 1500m. To compare speeds, the world record in the 500m for short track is 39.505 by China's Wu Dajing.