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Short Track Speed Skating At The Winter Universiade
The short track speed skating events have been contested at the Universiade since 1985 as an optional sport. Starting in 1991, it has been a mandatory sport. Events Medalists Men 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Relay Women 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 3000 m Relay Mixed 2000 m Relay Medal table Last updated after the 2023 Winter Universiade The 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, officially known as the XXX Winter Universiade, and commonly known as Lake Placid 2023, is a collegiate multi-sport winter sports event scheduled to be held from 12 to 22 January 2023 in Lake Placid, ... References Sports123 {{Universiade Sports Sports at the Winter Universiade Universiade ...
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Short Track Speed Skating
Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as an Olympic-sized figure skating rink and an international-sized ice hockey rink. Related sports include long track speed skating and inline speed skating. History Short-track skating developed from speed skating events that were held with mass starts. This form of speed skating was mainly practised in the United States and Canada, as opposed to the international form, where athletes skated in pairs. At the 1932 Winter Olympics, speed skating events were conducted in the mass start form. Competitions in North America tended to be held indoors, for example in Madison Square Garden, New York, and therefore on shorter tracks than was usual for outdoor skating. In 1967, the International Skating Union (ISU) adopted short-track speed skating ...
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Short Track Speed Skating At The 2013 Winter Universiade
Short track speed skating at the 2013 Winter Universiade was held at the Trento Ghiaccio Arena in Trento from December 18 to December 20, 2013. Men's events Women's events * Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. External linksOfficial resultsat the universiadetrentino.org. {{EventsAt2013WinterUniversiade 2013 in short track speed skating Short track speed skating International speed skating competitions hosted by Italy 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
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Wilf O'Reilly
Wilfred John O'Reilly (born 22 August 1964 in Birmingham, Warwickshire - now West Midlands, England) is a British former short track speed skater. He won two gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics when short track speed skating was held as a demonstration sport. He was also the 1991 Overall World Champion. He is now coach of the Netherlands short track team. Speed skating career O'Reilly won two gold medals in the 500 metres and 1000 metres at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, but was denied full Olympic acclamation because short track speed skating was just a demonstration event that year. O'Reilly won the overall World Championship title in Sydney in 1991. O'Reilly had a disastrous 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer where he crashed out of both the 500 metres and 1000 metres, protesting about being forced to race with a damaged blade. He was honoured by TeamGB by being given the flag bearer role at the 1994 Olympics Closing Ceremony. Commentating O'Reilly commentate ...
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