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They may have done it in very different ways but Canada’s Steven Dubois and Korean Park Ji Won will both wake up on Saturday in Salt Lake City knowing they are ISU Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating champions.

At last Courtney Sarault (CAN) knows what it feels like to win a major ISU title after taking a dominant gold in a high-class women’s 1500m at the Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City on Friday.

From Park Ji Won (KOR) versus Steven Dubois (CAN), to Kristen Santos-Griswold (USA) against Choi Min Jeong (KOR), and the emerging China Relay teams facing the rest of the best, this season’s ISU Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships are set to light up Salt Lake City (USA), November 10-12, 2022.

The 21-year-old Xandra Velzeboer (NED) and her idol Suzanne Schulting (NED) lit up the first day of the ISU World Cup Short Track meet in Salt Lake City setting world records in the 500m and 1000m respectively

Xandra Velzeboer (NED) and Suzanne Schulting (NED) recovered in style from their opening day disappointment at the ISU World Cup Short Track event in Salt Lake City.

Not even the “worst diet of any top athlete” can stop new Dutch Short Track sensation Jens van ‘t Wout winning at the moment.

Almost three years to the day after he nearly died, Canada’s Maxime Laoun crowned an incredible comeback with his first individual ISU World Cup Short Track gold medal, won in the 500m in Salt Lake City.

The 18-year-old Kim Gilli (KOR) may insist that Short Track Speed Skating at the highest level is “not easy” but she is certainly making it look that way.

A combination of high-class, finely tuned Skaters, super quick conditions and the motivation of chasing a historic new prize - the ISU World Cup Short Track Crystal Globe Trophy - set to make this ISU World Cup Short Track event in Salt Lake City, 4-6 November 2022, a meet to remember.

Back in 2017 the preciously talented 15-year-old Yanghun Ben Jung looked set to be the next big name in the Republic of Korea’s enviable Short Track Speed Skating conveyor belt of talent. But life got in the way. Now, five years later, he is back, albeit with a different flag on his chest. 

The International Skating Union (ISU) is proud to announce Elladj Baldé as the Global Ambassador of the first-ever World Ice Skating Day (WISD), an annual festival celebrating Ice Skating all over the world through multiple events taking place simultaneously on December 4, 2022. This new worldwide ISU initiative strives to make ice skating an inclusive, accessible, and fun place by bringing together professional and amateur skaters regardless of any social, economic and cultural boundaries.

Sometimes winning in Short Track is about tactics, overtaking and handling chaos with a cool head. Sometimes it is about sheer speed. Suzanne Schulting (NED) can do it either way.

With the retirement of legendary skater Charles Hamelin (CAN) after the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, some might have feared that the only way was down for Canadian Short Track. They needn’t have worried.

Suzanne Schulting (NED) proved she is still the best Short Track speed skater on the planet on Saturday at the Maurice-Richard Arena, Montreal – but her young teammate, Xandra Velzeboer (NED) isn’t too far behind.

Latvia won its first ever Short Track medal at the Maurice-Richard Arena, Montreal on Saturday – and a brilliant performance from Roberts Kruzbergs made sure it was gold.