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Short Track Speed Skating
Short Track Speed Skating is held on an oval ice track (circumference of 111.12 m). This unusual distance comes about as the rink area is the same as size as an international-sized hockey rink (60 m by 30 m). Short track speed skating started as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was upgraded to a full Olympic sport in 1992 and has been part of the Winter Olympics ever since.
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A total of eight short track speed skating events will be held at Vancouver 2010: for men and women 500 m, 1,000 m and 1,500 m, and also the 5,000 m Relay (men) 3,000 m Relay (women).
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