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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 111.111 metres (364.54 ft).
The 2024 Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships was the third edition of the Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships, which was held from 4 to 5 November 2023 in Laval, Canada. Skaters from 9 countries participated in the competition.
For the 2002 Winter Olympics, the arena was renamed as the Salt Lake Ice Center, and hosted the short track speed skating events. For the Winter Olympics, there are nine venues that have been used for short track speed skating. The 1988 events were held at the same venue with the curling events though both were demonstration events.
Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships is an annual short-track speed-skating competition. It was established by the International Skating Union in 2019 to allow athletes from outside Europe to compete at the event.
The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". Long track speed skating takes place on a 400m ice track, while short track takes place on a 111m track. An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter ...
In 1967, the International Skating Union adopted short track speed skating, although it did not organise international competitions until 1976. World Championships have been held since 1981, though earlier events later received that status.
The 2023 Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships is the second Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships and to be held from 10 to 12 November 2022 in Salt Lake City, United States. Skaters from 13 countries participated in the competition.
The Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a series of international short track speed skating competitions, organised yearly by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1998/1999. Every year during the winter, a number of competitions on a number of different distances are held.