I always feel a little bad tho bc they're so close together that when one person falls, they often take out a bunch of others who just happened to be right behind them
But then it often turns out that one person caused the others to fall so they get DQ'd and the fallen down ones get to advance
Short track led to this all-time famous Olympics moment where Australian Steven Bradbury won bc he was so far behind he completely avoided a major collision that took everyone else out and he just coasted across the line lol @Lil_wonders
Skip to 1:30 for the key moment (sorry for the annoying music)