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What You Need to Know about Samuel Girard, a Canadian Short Track Star

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Samuel Girard is a real superstar in Canada. In 2018, he won the 1000 m event at Winter Olympics and became the first Canadian, who did that. Besides, the short track speed skater shows great results at other competitions.Samuel Girard was born on June 26, 1996, in Ferland-et-Boilleau. Quebec, Canada. He started to skate at […]

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Short Track Speed Skating: Hungary Wins Men’s 5000m Relay

Hungary wins gold in short track speed skating

The Hungarian team of short track speed skaters, consisting of Shaoang Liu, Shaolin Sandor Liu, Viktor Knoch and Csaba Burjan, claimed gold in men’s 5000m relay. Moreover, they set a new Olympic record by finishing in 6 minutes 31.971 seconds. All the athletes got their first Olympic medals in career.Team of China, which included Wu […]

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Short Track Speed Skating: Wu Dajing Won the 500m Race and Set a New Olympic Record

Wu Dajing

Chinese athlete Wu Dajing claimed gold in men’s 500m. Moreover, he set a new Olympic and world record by finishing in 39.584 seconds. It’s the fourth Olympic medal for Wu. He won silver and bronze at 2014 Winter Olympics and gained silver in 5000m relay in PyeongChang.Hwang Dae-hean of South Korea finished in 39.854 seconds […]

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Short Track Speed Skating: Samuel Girard Earned Gold in Men’s 1000m

Samuel Girard

Samuel Girard of Canada finished the 1000m race in 1 minute 24.650 seconds and claimed his first Olympic gold.John-Henry Krueger (United States) became a silver medalist with the finishing time of 1 minute 24.864 seconds. South Korean skater, Seo Yi-ra, won a bronze medal after finishing in 1 minute 31.619 seconds. And, Lim Hyo-jun of […]

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Short Track Speed Skating: South Korean Lim Hyojun Won the 1500 Race

Lim Hyojun

Lim Hyojun, a South Korean short speed skater, became a gold medalist in 1500 m race. He finished the race in 2 minutes 10.485 seconds and set a new Olympic record. It’s the first gold medal of South Korea at these Olympics.The silver medal went to Sjinkie Knegt, an athlete from Netherlands, who finished in […]

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2018 Winter Olympics: What Are the Best Short Track Speed Skating Men Posters

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Short track speed skating is a type of competitive ice speed skating, in which the male athletes compete in races for 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters as well as 3000 m and 5000 m relays. It was included into the program of Olympic Games in 1992.If you like watching the races on ice skates, […]

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