The origin and development of short track speed skating? Who are the famous short track speed skaters in China? What are their achievements?

What is the origin and development of short track speed skating? Who are the famous short track speed skaters in China?

What is the origin and development of short-track speed skating? Let's come together today, to understand the content of short track speed skating. Short track speed skating is a winter Olympic program, the full name is sprint inverted speed skating. After speed skating became an international sport, short track speed skating began to appear in Europe.

Short track speed skating originated in Canada in the 1880s. At that time, some speed skaters in Canada often practiced on indoor hockey rinks. After that, it slowly produced the old indoor speed skating competitions. In 1889, the first World Championships for long track speed skating were held, and in 1905, the first Canadian Open Indoor Speed Skating Championships marked the birth of short track speed skating. 1982, the International Skating Union (ISU) was founded, and in the 1920's, short track speed skating was gradually introduced to Europe. 1969, the 33rd Congress of the International Skating Union (ISU) was held in Maidenhead, England, where the "Short Track Speed Skating" was proposed. In 1981, the first World Short Track Championships were held in France. In 1988, short track speed skating was officially included in the Winter Olympic Games.

China's famous short-track speed skaters include Li Yan, Yang Yang, Wang Meng, Wu Dajing, Zhou Yang, Zhang Hui, Sun Linlin, Qu Chunyu and Fan Kexin. There are many excellent short-track speed skaters in our country, so I will say a few of them. Wu Dajing is a famous male short-track speed skater in China. He is the world record holder and Olympic record holder in the men's 500 meters short track speed skating. He won the short track speed skating 500 meter title at the 2008 Winter Olympics. He is also China's first Olympic gold medalist in men's short track speed skating. Li Yan, in 1988, set two new world records in short track speed skating at the Calgary Winter Olympics in the 1000 and 1500 meters. In 1992, she won two gold medals at the World Championships in the 500-meter and 1,000-meter races, and in 2003, she became the head coach of our national short-track speed skating team.

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