短道速滑在北美的起源

Short track (or indoor) speed skating began in Canada and the United States of America where they held mass start competitions on an oval track as early as 1905/06. The lack of 400m long tracks led many North American skaters to practice on ice rinks. These countries began competing against each other on an annual basis. The sport’s rise in popularity was partly thanks to the North American racing rules, which introduced a “pack” style of racing. The organizers of the 1932 Lake Placid Games, with the consent of the International Skating Union (ISU), agreed to follow these rules for the program’s speed skating events.

短道(或室内)速滑起源于加拿大和美国，早在1905年至1906年，他们就在椭圆形轨道上进行大规模滑冰比赛。当时没有400米长的轨道，滑冰爱好者就在溜冰场练习滑冰。此后，北美国家每年举办一次滑冰大赛。“并排速滑”这一规则的出现令短道滑冰的知名度大增。在1932年的普莱西德湖比赛中，经国际滑冰联盟批准，主办方同意在速滑比赛中应用上述规则。

Oval /'ovl/　adj. 椭圆形的

International Skating Union 国际滑冰联盟