Is short track speed skating skating or skiing

Short track speed skating is skating. Short track speed skating is one of the three main skating events at the Winter Olympics, along with figure skating and speed skating. However, unlike speed skating, short track speed skating is a direct competition between competitors rather than a race against the clock. As a result, short-track speed skating races are equal parts strategy, guts, skill and excitement.

Characteristics of short track speed skating

Short track speed skating, as the name suggests, is the sport of ice racing on a track of shorter length. The most obvious difference between the two programs is the length of the track. Speed skating standard track circumference of 400 meters, while the short track speed skating standard track is only 111.12 meters. Comparatively speaking, speed skating requires players to be more powerful, while short-track speed skating requires players to be more skillful.

Short-track speed skating is a traditional strength of China's winter games. Since Yang Yang in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics to achieve China's Winter Olympics gold medal "0" breakthrough, short-track speed skating Winter Olympics China have gold medals in the account. In the current Beijing Winter Olympics, the addition of seven new sub-disciplines, including short track speed skating mixed team relay.