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\nSpeed skating legend Apolo Ohno explains his “perfect race.” Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos To the layperson, watching a short track speed skating race is awe-inspiring — but it’s difficult to decipher...\nSpeed skating legend Apolo Ohno explains his “perfect race.” Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos To the layperson, watching a short track speed skating race is awe-inspiring — but it’s difficult to decipher the strategy guiding all the jostling around the rink. Behind the superhuman turns and sprints are calculated moves to control the pack. Apolo Ohno is probably being humble when he says that he was not the fastest skater when he entered the 500m short track finals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. But he makes that claim to emphasize the strategy — and the little bit of luck — that played into that gold medal win. That’s why he has always referred to that event as the “perfect race” in short track speed skating. I learned a lot from retired US Olympic speed skater John Coyle’s website, and I interviewed John for this story. I also learned a lot from former US Olympic speed skating coach Sue Ellis’s website The New York Times covered the way short track speed skaters bodies are shaped, because of the constant counterclockwise turns Retired Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury spun off his unlikely gold medal win into both a book and a beer company by the name of “Last Man Standing” I interviewed physics professor Rhett Allain about the physics of short track speed skating. He has written for Wired about the sport This is the second video in our week of winter sports videos. You can watch the first video, why ski jumpers hold their skis in a V, here Make sure you never miss behind the scenes content in the Vox Video newsletter, sign up here Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out Support Vox's reporting with a one-time or recurring contribution Shop the Vox merch store Watch our full video catalog Follow Vox on Facebook Follow Vox on Twitter Follow Vox on TikTok\n
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2022
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