In an exclusive interview with PatinCarrera.com, Johnny Diethelm, member of the SRV Swiss Federation of Roller Sports, announced their Swiss team that will be participating in the World Championships 2004.

Switzerland was one of the biggest revelations of the Senior European Championship recently held in Holland where they obtained three silver medals and three bronze medals. They emerged fifth in the overall category, ahead of other European nations like Germany, Belgium and Spain.

There will be 13 skaters in the Swiss team but only 8 will participate in all 3 track, route and marathon races. The remaining 5 skaters will concentrate on the marathon race.

For senior men category, Alain Gloor and the young Raphael Pfulg, both European medallists will have higher chances to obtain medals for Switzerland, assisted by Roger Schneider, Christen Marc and Nicolas Iten. For the marathon, they will be accompanied by Adrian Leemann, Reto Felder and Adrian Kung.

For senior ladies category, Nadine Gloor, one of the great promises of the skating world will race, in search of the highest podium finish. Her team mates for the marathon race will be Pia Knecht, Celine Weiss and Nadine Benz .
Severin Widmer will be the only Swiss representative in the junior men category. He obtained excellent results in the latest Junior European Championship held in Pamplona, Spain.