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short-track speed skating: Quick Facts

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Viktor Ahn of Russia, wearing a blue helmet and white racing suit, leads three skaters around a curve in the Short Track Men's 500m Final at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
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Yang Yang
Chinese skater
Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States, wearing a blue helmet and suit, leans into a turn while speed skating on ice with Olympic rings visible in the background.
Apolo Ohno
American speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian speed skater
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Cathy Turner
American speed skater

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