As we all know, short track speed skating and speed skating are actually two sports, one requires stronger skills and tactics and the other requires faster absolute speed. In fact, there are obvious differences between these two sports. In view of the fact that both the two events of this Winter Olympics have gold rush events in China, I will take you to briefly distinguish the differences between the two events. First, the length is different. Short track speed skating is called short track. The length of a circle is only11.2 meters, and speed skating is also called highway speed skating, with a circle of 400 meters. Second, the track settings are different.
Short track speed skating is a group start, and the number of people is generally four to six. There is no equal track, so everyone slides together, which is likely to lead to physical contact, causing someone to rush off the track and all three players to fall off the track. This ball ranks first. Avenue speed skating is a group of two people, divided into inner guide and outer guide, and timed separately. After each lap, the two skaters exchange positions in this area at home and abroad to ensure the same total skating distance. Third, look at the costumes of the players. Short track speed skating will wear helmets to prevent collisions from flying out of the field, and speed skating will wear tortoise shell jumpsuits to reduce wind resistance in order to improve speed.
Short track speed skating first appeared in the 1980 Winter Olympics, when it was a performance event. 1992, Albert Winter Olympics was listed as an official event, with men's 1000m and women's 500m, and men's and women's relay. 1994 lillehammer increased to 500 meters for men and women, 1000 meters, and 6 events for men and women relay. In 2002, men and women 1 500m was added to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and short track speed skating was also increased to eight events.