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Ready to rumble: Mixed relay debuts in short track skating

FILE - Team Hungary, left and first place, Team Russia, rear right and second place, and Team France, front right, rear left, and third place, compete during the 2,000-meter mixed relay race of the World Cup short track speed skating championship in Dresden, eastern Germany, on Feb. 8, 2020. Short track speedskating is already thrilling with its high-speed crashes and elbows flying. Now, there's a new event adding to the chaos with its Olympic debut in Beijing, the mixed relay race. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File) FILE - China's Ren Ziwei on his way to win the men's 1500 meters final during the World Cup short track speed skating championship in Dresden, eastern Germany, on Feb. 8, 2020. Ren Ziwei of China could make the podium in the 500 and 1,500. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File) FILE - Sandor Liu Shaolin, left, of Hungary, leads his brother Liu Shaoang to win in men's 1,000 meter final of the ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on Jan. 26, 2020. Born to a Chinese father and Hungarian mother, Liu Shaolin of Hungary is a contender in the 500 meter race at the Winter Olympics. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) FILE - Arianna Fontana of Italy leads the field during their women's 1000 meters short track speedskating quarterfinal in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 22, 2018. Eight-time Olympic medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy is the defending champion in the 500-meter race. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) FILE - From left, Maame Biney, Kristen Santos, Corinne Stoddard and Julie Letai compete in the women's 500-meter finals during the U.S. Olympic short track speedskating trials, on Dec. 19, 2021, in Kearns, Utah. The only returning Olympian is Maame Biney, born in Ghana and raised in Virginia . Santos is the lone American skater ranked in the world's top 10 in any event (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Ready to rumble: Mixed relay debuts in short track skating