What's the difference between ice skating disciplines?

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In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in three disciplines – speed skating, short track speed skating and figure skating – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.

Though they sound and look similar, speed skating and short track speed skating vary a lot in almost everything.

Though figure skating seems like nothing but dancing on ice, ice dancing has its distinguishing qualities compared with the other four events under this discipline.

Athletes compete in the women's 1000m ranking final at the ISU World Cup Short Track at Nippon Gaishi Arena in Aichi, Japan, October 31, 2021. /CFP

Athletes compete in the women's 1500m event at the Speed Skating China Open, part of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games test event, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China, October 10, 2021. /CFP

Han Cong/Sui Wenjing of China perform in pairs free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Gran Primo d'Italia, at the Torino Palavela in Turin, Italy, November 6, 2021. /CFP

Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu of China perform in the ice dance free dance at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Turin at Palavela Arena in Turin, Italy, November 6, 2021. /CFP

Host: Li Xiang

Guest: Sim Sim Wissgott

Cover designer: Feng Yuan

Chief editor: Chen Ran

Supervisor: Zhang Shilei

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