2026 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

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ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2026
Venue Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City, United States
Dates27 February - 2 March 2026
2027

The 2026 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 29 January to 1 February 2026 at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States. [1] South Korea and China dominated the championship. [2]

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4408
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2136
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1315
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1012
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States*1012
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0101
7Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0022
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0011
Totals (8 entries)99927

Medalists

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
500 metres Sean Shuai
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
41.031 Lee Yoon-seok
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
41.585 Taiga Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
41.615
1000 metres Park Seo-jun
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
1:23.802 Li Yuheng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:23.903 Bogdan Vekhov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
1:24.177
1500 metres Taiga Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2:24.100 Wang Tianyou
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2:24.363 Yuta Fuchigami
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2:24.695
3000 metres relayFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Li Yuheng
Wang Tianyou
Zhang Zixia
Zhang Xinzhe
3:57.832Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Yuta Fuchigami
Raito Kida
Taiga Sasaki
Hirochika Yamaguchi
3:58.997Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Wesley Jones
Julius Kazanecki
Sean Shuai
Benjamin Sullivan
4:06.253

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
500 metres Courtney Charlong
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
43.601 Oh Song-mi
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
43.732 Kíra Judit Amschl
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
43.929
1000 metres Ayano Sekiguchi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1:29.915 Kang Min-ji
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
1:29.953 Courtney Charlong
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1:30.269
1500 metres Oh Song-mi
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2:25.908 Kim Min-ji
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2:25.909 Hao Ruoxuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2:26.131
3000 metres relayFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kang Min-ji
Kim Min-ji
Oh Song-mi
Yu Su-min
4:11.611Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Hao Ruoxuan
Kuang Junyu
Li Jinzi
Lin Jingyi
4:12.345Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Anastassiya Galechina
Alpysbay Nuria
Polina Omelchuk
Guldana Zhalmukhan
4:19.054

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
2000 metre relayFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kim Min-ji
Oh Song-mi
Lee Yoon-seok
Park Seo-jun
Kang Min-ji
Kim You-sung
2:42.149Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Birgit Radt
Djoeke Schmitz
Jesper Schmitz
Tsjerk van der Meer
Jonas de Jong
2:45.709Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sarasa Kinami
Ayano Sekiguchi
Raito Kida
Taiga Sasaki
Akemi Ishikawa
Yuta Fuchigami
2:44.071

References

  1. "ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  2. "Asian nations dominate at ISU Short Track Junior World Championships". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 2026-02-03.