What happens if I get a yellow or red card in long track?

For long track, SSC follows the ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules (ISU Rules 216 and 275) on yellow and red cards, unless a competition bulletin says otherwise.

• A yellow card during a race gives the skater a penalty within that race. The skater forfeits prior points or results earned over that distance (a set of seeded races from the first round to the final round of that distance). Earlier distances are not affected.
• A second yellow card in the same competition becomes a red card: the skater is excluded from the competition immediately and is not ranked in the final classification.
• At national-level competitions in Canada, cards are reported to SSC. Two red cards or four yellow cards within 12 months means an automatic 60-day suspension from all SSC sanctioned competitions. Days between the last sanctioned event of one season and the first of the next do not count.
• At SSC Championship, National or International events, a behavioural red card counts in both long track and short track.
• SSC keeps the national list of card holders and does not share it with the Chief Referee before or during a competition.

Source: SSC Procedures and Regulations (Red Book), updated July 16, 2026, C11 and C11-100.