Speed skating on short is practiced on a 111.12 meters oval, inside, in an arena (history)All around the ice, , there’s protector mattress, made of « polyurethane foaming » of 20 centimetres width and at least 1 meters length.
Races
Skaters start in group of 4 to 6. The skater have to use skill and tactical
During the Olympic games, athletes do 500 and 1000 meters and a relay
Officials in short track do the same work than in short track, but there’s more disqualifications.
Equipment
Boot is made from the feet shape and was made of kevlar or fibreglass.
We also put the blade out of the centre, on the left, to avoid the boot touching the ice. When the skater become better, we do a “banana”, it means that we make a little curve on the left, to have a better control in curves.
The skater (or his parents…) sharpen his skate by himself. He uses a « jig » and stone full of oil on a side. It could take 5 to 45 minutes, it depends how used blades are. And every skater know that they can’t make them sharpen at the “ Pro-shop” of the arena…
The skater must wear an helmet, knee-pads, tibia pads, leather gloves, neck pad with bib, and protectors goggles. Point of each blades is round.
competition in Quebec
To go on level 1, there is 2 possibilities. First, at the end of the season, he must be in the top 16 (by the times) for his next year’s category and respect the 112% rule. Or, he can do it during the season by winning a gold medal in a level 2 competition and do the standard, that combines 666m and 500m or 1000m and 500m.
Disqualifications
