Short-track speed skaters typically train for all distances to accommodate varying race durations.

“and that's why most athletes and short-track speedskating even to this day they trained for all the distances they trained for the 500 which is the pure sprint 40 seconds they trained for the 50 nanometers which is two and a half minutes and they even trained for the the 3,000 meters which is only held with the world championships which is like you know four and a half minutes”