Talk:Short track speed skating

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• World Championships have been held since 1981 (though _earlier events later_ also received that status)

What does this mean exactly?--Bltpdx 20:41, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

The author is trying to say that competitions prior to 1981 were later recognized as World Championships. However, the ISU does recognize them as such. The 1976 and 1977 competitions are called the "World Short Track Competitions", and the 1978-1980 meets are the "ISU Short Track Championships".--Adamsmith 22:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

and apollo anton ohno won in tornio

Some info on injuries might be useful. The Dutch article shows a picture of a dyneema protective suit.

[edit] Rules Section

Would it be a good contribution to this article to add a section on rules to short track speed skating, such as disqualifications in races? I am a recreational skater in Canada with a basic level of coaching certification and planning on adding this section, and so I was wondering if this would improve the article. Faranya 22:06, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes it would be a good idera-- I came here to learn the rules specificaly for what prompts a DQ and/or a restart. APC

The official ISU rules ([1]) give the needed information about the rules, the Dutch article is also based on those rules. VincentBaas 07:15, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

While expanding the Dutch article about this subject I discovered that there are multiple stories about the origin of short track speed skating. Some stories say it's from the United States, others say the UK. Does someone know more about this? This information could also be useful for this article. VincentBaas 19:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)