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Figure skating is one of the oldest Winter Olympic sports, first appearing at the 1908 London Summer Olympics before the Winter Games existed. It became a permanent fixture of the Winter Olympic program from the inaugural 1924 Chamonix Games. The sport combines athletic prowess with artistic expr...

Short track speed skating became a full Olympic medal sport at the 1992 Albertville Games, having appeared as a demonstration event in 1988 Calgary. The sport is governed by the International Skating Union (ISU) under the ISU Sports Rules – Short Track, the current edition of which took effect 12...

Long track speed skating has been an Olympic discipline since the inaugural 1924 Chamonix Winter Games (men's events) and since 1960 Squaw Valley (women's events). The sport is governed by the International Skating Union (ISU) under the ISU Sports Rules Speed Skating, read together with the ISU C...