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There are currently four indoor sports at the Winter Olympics: speed skating, figure skating, curling, and ice hockey.

Its vice president Yang Yang is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in speed skating from China and a former IOC member.

Athletes from 16 nations competed in the Games across 16 disciplines, spanning curling, bobsleigh, figure and speed skating and skiing.

Italian officials did take a cost-effective option for speed skating by choosing a temporary track at a conference center venue in Milan.

The abuse scandals of USA Gymnastics were already well known, and other damaging media accounts have followed, outlining distasteful scenarios in many other sports, including speed skating and taekwondo.