Ohno brings crowd to its feet at short track
Apolo Anton Ohno stepped out from behind the wall and thousands of fans who've never seen a short-track race burst into wild applause.

Fatigue may steal skater's speed

Short-Track Speedskating: Ladies 1500 meters, men's 5000 meter relay results

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Short-track skating is faster and tighter It's still the kid brother of a better-known winter sport. Elegant, flowing strokes around a big, oval track? No, that's long-track speedskating. Celebrity spectators Dan Jansen and Bonnie Blair? No, those are long-track Olympic stars.

Short-track speedskating Short-track speedskating is the exciting, fast, rowdy (some say vulgar) younger cousin of long track.

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Short-track speedskating medalists in Nagano