Short Track Speed Skating

Short Track Speed Skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics

Short Track Speed Skating is a particular kind of ice speed skating. It is one of the ice skating sports categories that is often included in most of the sports competitions and is also an official event at the 2010 Winter Olympics. What basically happens in this event is that numerous skaters, generally in numbers of four and six skate about in an oval shaped ice track.

The total circumference of the track is 111.12m and the ice rink is 60 meters in length and 30 meters in breadth. The size of the ice rink in case of short track speed skating is just the same as the size of the rink for the international hockey games. This game is a lot similar to the general speed skating event. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, a total of 8 short track speed skating events will be held. This would include,

• 500 meters event for Men and Women separately
• 1000 meters event for Men and Women separately
• 15000 meters event for Men and Women separately
• 5000 meters Relay event for Men and Women separately

Venue:

Pacific Coliseum is the chosen venue where the short track speed skating competition of the 21st Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver will be held. The Pacific Coliseum has a venue capacity of holding as much as 14,200 spectators for a single event. To reach these venue, spectators can take the Millennium Line or the Expo Line to the 29th Avenue Station. Or else they can also board the Millennium Line to the Refrew Station. From both these stations Games Express Buses will be available that will take them all the way to the venue. The suggested stop where you need to get down at is the Hastings Street stop at the Lilloot Street.

Schedule:

The events for the Short Track Speed Skating event will be held at the Pacific Coliseum venue between the 13th of February and the 26th of February 2010. Here’s the official schedule of the games,

• 13th Feb Saturday: 17:00 to 19:30 500 meters women, 3000 meters relay for women and the 1500 meters for men.
• 17th Feb Wednesday: 17:00 to 19:15 1000 meters men, 5000 meters relay for men and the 500 meters for women
• 20th Feb Saturday: 17:46 to 20:15 1500 meters women, 1000 meters men
• 24th Feb Wednesday: 17:00 to 18:45 500 meters men, 3000 meters relay women and 500 meters for men
• 26th Feb Friday: 18:00 to 20:15 500 meters for men, 1000 meters for women and 5000 meters relay for men

Competitor Names:

In the short track skating category one of the greatest attractions this time is the home team. Team Canada with its superb skaters seems to have one of the best preparations to hit it hard and make things tough for most of the other competitors at the Games. Team Canada would comprise of,

• Guillaume Bastille
• Jessica Gregg
• Charles Hamelin

Also in the list is the US short track speed skating legend Apolo Anton Ohno who did manage to bag the gold medals at the 2002 and the 2006 Winter Olympics as well.

Accommodation:

Here’s a selection of some affordable properties and accommodations that will be available during the Winter Olympics around the venue of Pacific Coliseum. Take a look,

• Central Park Manor: House rental available at $1,925.00 CAD/night
• Mount Seymour Getaway: House rental for 14 heads at $1,500.00 CAD/night
• Meadow Vista Place: $1,100.00 CAD/night
• Riverside House: $1,600.00 CAD/night

Other than these there are Maple retreats and Mountain Water Views available as well. In case you want some thing classy you may also try the Meadow Vista Garden Suite or the Capitol Hill Executive House as well. Other options would be the Grandview house, Deer Lake Manor, Grant Manor, Lyra Hideaway, Pender Court, stories, Windsor Heritage Homes, etc.

Tickets:

Tickets for the short track skating event to be held at the Pacific Coliseum will be available at the ticket box office near the primary spectator entrance at the venue. So you don’t really have to look around anywhere else. You can buy the tickets right at the venue itself. Check out at the ticket resolution office that is placed next to the entrance arena.