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Psychol."],"abstract":"<jats:p><jats:bold>Purpose:<\/jats:bold> Short track speed skating is a racing sport with racing tactics are equally crucial to speed and technical skating skills. Therefore, to investigate the relationship between starting and finishing positions for elite skaters and subsequently, explore pacing patterns for champions are necessary.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> To investigate a pattern of effective tactical positioning strategy, Kendall\u2019s tau-b correlations between starting and finishing position were calculated, with 500 m races having the most positive correlation (0.347, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Furthermore, starting position distributions of winners in each round, as well as the fluctuations in champion starting positions across rounds were analyzed. Our findings showed that skaters on the first track were inclined to win the rounds in 500, 1,000, and 1,500 m (28, 28, and 22%, respectively), and the differences between starting and finishing positions for champions were minimized in semi-finals. Meanwhile, the pacing patterns were gaining more fluctuations by the increase of race distances for champions, as the average standard deviation of lap rankings equaled 0.90, 1.15, and 2.21 for 500, 1,000, and 1,500 m races, respectively.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> In conclusion, elite skaters should adopt flexible tactics at the lowest cost of energy consumption. 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