Short track speed skating is one of the featured events at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Here’s a guide to the thrilling sport at the Games.

Speed skating and short track speed skating are two of the three skating disciplines at the Winter Olympics. At their core, the two sports are similar, but there are variances that make them ...

Following the disappointment of the 2022 Olympics, Kristen Santos-Griswold looks forward to the 2026 Winter Olympics with a renewed passion for short track.

Short track speed skating was originally a demonstration sport before becoming an official Olympic event in 1992. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, there will be a total of eight short track events ...

In short track speed skating, skaters race counterclockwise in packs around a 111.12-meter oval-shaped ice track. The track is roughly one-fourth the size of the one used in long track speed skating.

Short track wasn’t added to the Olympic lineup until the 1992 Games in Albertville, France. Speed skating (sometimes referred to as “long track”) has a much longer history.