3:43 p.m. - Finals
In the finals of the women's 500m, the Netherland's Xandra Velzeboer kept a large lead over the other competitors for the majority of the race. Velzeboer would eventually earn the best time of 41.609 to top the podium.
Those results forced Italy's Anna Fontana to settle for silver and Canada's Courtney Sarault to take bronze. This is the first individual medal for Sarault in Milano Cortina and the second silver for six-time Olympian Arianna Fontana who also won silver in Bejing 2022.
Fontana and Sarault finished with a time of 42.294 and 42.427 respectively.
3:08 p.m. - Final round of the semifinals
In the final round of the semifinals, Canada's Sarault and Boutin also skated in a tight race to cross the line within seconds of one another.
The two of them staked a time of 42.463 and 42.672 respectively to punch their ticket into the finals.
3:04 p.m. - First round of the semifinals
In the first round of the semifinals, the Netherlands' Xandra Velzeboer and Italy's Arianna Fontana skated in a close race to eventually cross the line first.
The two of them staked a time of 41.39 and 41.53 respectively to punch their ticket into the finals.
Velzeboer also earned a world record in this race.
2:30 p.m. - Final round of the quarterfinals
In the fourth and final round of the quarterfinals, veteran Kim Boutin made her way onto the track for Canada.
In the end Boutin had an almost perfect race to place second and earn a time of 42.196.
That time would allow her to join South Korea's Min Jeong Choi in the semifinals.
2:21 p.m. - Third round of the quarterfinals
After four restarts to the third round of the semifinals, the skaters got away cleanly.
With a tight pass around the final corner the United States' Kristen Santos-Griswold got ahead of Michelle Velxeboer from the Netherlands by 0.26.
The two of them will earn a spot in the semifinals.
2:18 p.m. - Second round of the quarterfinals
Canadians Courtney Sarault and Florence Brunelle competed in the second round of the semifinal, earning the best time in the end.
Sarault crossed the line first with a time of 41.97 with Brunelle crossing the line shortly after with a time of 42.30.
The two of them will move onto the semifinal, leaving China's Ke Dix Fan, Belgium's Hanne Desmet and Poland's Natalia Maliszewska behind.
2:15 p.m. - First round of the quarterfinals
Xandra Velzeboer remained ahead the whole time, earning first in the end with a time of 41.60. Italy's Arianna Fontana came second with a time of 41.68.
The two of them will advance into the first round of the semifinals.
2 p.m. - What is short track speed skating and how does it work
Short track speed skating takes place on a smaller oval, measuring 111 metres in length, meaning that the turns take up most of the track. Meanwhile a long track oval is 400 metres in length, meaning the turns have a significant amount of space between them.
The events for short track are the 500 meter, 1000 meter, 1500 meter, and the relay races which are 5000 metres for men and 3000 metres for women.
In terms of equipment, that would include a helmet, cut proof suit and gloves as well as a neck guard, shin guards and knee pads due to the increased risk of injury.
