Repechage is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well-known example is the wild card system.
Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian retired long track speed skater who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She had previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She is also the 2011 sprint champion, 2012 1500 metres world champion, three-time world champion for 1000 metres, and three-time world champion for team pursuit. On 4 June 2015 she announced her retirement.
Nathalie Brigitte Lambert, OC is a Canadian Olympic medalist in short-track speed skating. She won one Gold medal and two Silver medals at the Winter Olympics, and was Canada's flag bearer at the 1992 Albertville Olympics closing ceremony. She is also a three-time Overall World Champion for 1991, 1993 and 1994.
Haralds Silovs is a Latvian long track and former short track speed skater, who became the 2008 and 2011 European champion in short track. He has participated in three Winter Olympics. In 2018, he finished fourth at speed skating 1500 metres event.
The World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships were a professional team short track speed skating event and held once a year in a different country.
John Robert "J. R." Celski is a retired American short track speed skater, three-time Olympian, and three-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. Celski has held a total of five combined Short Track World and Junior World Records throughout his career including the 500m and 5000m relay World Records as well as the 500m, 1000m and 3000m relay Junior World Records. Celski was a part of the team that broke and currently holds the World Record in the 5000m relay established in Shanghai, China on November 12, 2017.
Katherine Reutter-Adamek is an American short track speed skater. She is a two-time medalist in the Winter Olympics, 2011 overall world silver medalist and the 2010–2011 overall ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup champion.
Yara van Kerkhof is a Dutch short track speed skater. She won the silver medal in the 500 m event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The eight events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 22 February 2018.
The 1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 9th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 5-7 April 1999 in St. Louis, United States.
The 2000 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 10th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 4-5 March 2000 in The Hague, Netherlands.
The 2001 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 11th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 24-25 March 2001 in Nobeyama, Japan.
The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 18th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 15-16 March 2008 in Harbin, China.
The 2002 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 12th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 29–30 March 2001 in Milwaukee, United States.
The 2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 13th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 15-16 March 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The 2004 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 14th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 13-14 March 2004 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The 2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 15th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 5-6 March 2005 in Chuncheon, South Korea.
The 2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 16th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 25–26 March 2006 in Montreal, Canada.
The 1998 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 8th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships which took place on 26-29 March 1998 in Bormio, Italy.
The 2007 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 17th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 17–18 March 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.
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