Short-track speed skating meets 'Mario Kart' in video mashup

Short-track speed skating meets 'Mario Kart' in video mashup

Published Feb. 24, 2014 2:06 p.m. ET

Flying shells, lightning bolts and banana peels might make short-track speed skating the best Olympic event ever.

This ingenious video shows what could have been if short-track speed skating and Nintendo's "Mario Kart" video game were combined.

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Team USA could sure have used some of those power-ups to bolster their showing at the Sochi Winter Games.

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