Short track skating debuted as an 
Olympic event at the 1992 games.  
In short track competition, speed 
skaters race in packs of 4 to 6 over
a 110 meter oval laid on the 
surface of a hockey rink.  The 
game was invented in the late 19th 
century when indoor rinks were 
first introduced, and is 
characterized by quick turns and 
many crashes.

There are four events, men's and 
women's singles and relays.  Cathy
 Turner of the U.S., a parttime 
singer and songwriter, has 
captured Gold in both the 1992 and
1994 Olympics in women's singles,
as well as a silver and a bronze in
the relay events.  Korean Kim 
Ki-Hoon has taken Gold in both the 
men's events.