| 2006
September 07th, Thursday |
| Anyang
2006: 20 Km Elimination |
| 20,000
final junior women:
The experience of the officicial,
calling each country to
the stat line, was evident,
as he swiftly filled the
start-line and subsequent
lines for the 50 lap event.
Skaters are called, by their
country’s name. If
they have the maximum 2
skaters for their country,
they can choose between
themselves, who will take
the position closest to
the start line. MORE |
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| 2006
September 06th, Wednesday |
| Anyang
2006: 10 Km Road |
| The
evening temperatures started
to drop as called approximately
30 young women were called,
according to their counties,
to the start line for a
grueling 25 laps.
Catherine
Peñan of Chile took
early points behind Carolina
Upegui who ultimately took
the 1st place. MORE |
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| 2006
September 06th, Wednesday |
| Anyang
2006: Day 5 200m Time Trial
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| There
were a few dark clouds out,
but no rain luckily today
for the 200m Time trial
heats. With many new nations,
it took a long time to get
through all the skaters
as the referees taught many
of them how to do a time
trial start. MORE |
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| 2006
September 05th, Tuesday |
| Anyang
2006: Rest Day |
| Today
is the rest day so we have
a chance to reflect on the
competition to date. One
of the stand out performances
for me has been Catherine
Peñan of Chile. She
was a star a few years ago,
then she seemed out of shape
for a period of time, but
this year she has come back
with a vengeance. She is
in the best shape of her
life and the performances
speak for themselves. MORE |
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| 2006
September 04th, Monday |
| Anyang
2006: France Wins! |
| Only
a few hours after I said
that France can't win anything
on the track, I am eating
my words because France
has just won the 3000m Men's
relay in stunning fashion
coming over the top of Kalon
Dobbin of New Zealand on
the last lap. MORE |
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| 2006
September 04th, Monday |
| Anyang
2006: Day Three: 500 M |
| Colombia
now lead the medal tally
after the 500m as they won
3 out of the 4 gold metals
up for grabs this morning.
After some rain, Colombian
Jorge Cifuentes was again
public enemy #1 after scrapping
with almost everyone in
his semi final to make it
through to the final. MORE |
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| 2006
September 03rd, Sunday |
| Anyang
2006: New Zealand Domination |
| After
winning the Senior men's
300m Time Trial last night,
Nicole Begg and Scott Arlidge
of NZ have just won their
Senior Men and Women 10,000m
points elimination races.
For such a small team, they
are really dominating this
competition. MORE |
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| 2006
September 02nd, Saturday |
| Anyang
2006: Day One |
| At
the end of day 1, Colombia,
the USA, and the hosts Korea
each have 2 gold medals
after a wonderful day of
speed skating. Chile, Italy,
NZ and Chinese Taipei all
got off to a good start
to the World Championships
with medals as well. MORE |
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| 2006
September 01st, Friday |
| Anyang
2006: One day to go! |
| Only
one day remains until the
start of the World Championships
here in Anyang, Korea. Many
teams spent the day practicing
relays and doing a few sprints
without making themselves
too tired.
MORE |
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| 2006
August 25th, Friday |
| ¨The
track seems to be really
fast with a long straight
and short corners but it’s
really bumpy¨. |
| The
majority of teams have now
arrived in Korea and have
begun testing wheels on
the track and perfecting
their skating line around
the corners as there is
now just 1 week until the
commencement of the Inline
World Champs. MORE |
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| 2006
August 25th, Friday |
| The
Chilean National Team will
depart tonight from Santiago
to Seoul. |
Colombia
was the first Latin American
delegation to arrive in
South Korea and
Now the other South American
teams like Chile (supported
this year by PatinCarrera.com)
will arrive soon. MORE |
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| 2006
August 22th, Tuesday |
| Asia
has the best growth in inline
speed skating and their
skaters may be the dark
horse in Anyang. |
| We
already spoke about Latin
America and Europe but what
about the Asian nations?
Inline skating in Asia continues
to grow especially in speed.
Can the Asian nations upset
the stars of the world inline
circuits? MORE |
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| 2006
August 22th, Tuesday |
| Spain
has selected its team that
will go to Anyang on August
29. |
| Just
few days are remaining before
the start of the 2006 CIC
World Championships. The
different participating
teams have selected their
national representing teams.
Spain is one of the last
to select their team and
they held their trials in
the Navarran City of Pamplona
with the participation of
about 35 skaters. MORE
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| 2006
August 21th, Monday |
| Italy
and France will be the strongest
European teams at Worlds. |
| Inline
speed skating is enjoying
a lot of success in Europe
especially in the marathon
events all across the continent.
Germany, Switzerland, France
and Holland are clear examples
of this phenomenon. MORE |
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| 2006
August 18th, Friday |
| Kalon
Dobbin and Wouter Hebbrecht
are the first stars to arrive
in Anyang. |
| Just
few days remain until the
beginning of the 39th Edition
of the CIC World Championships
in the nice south korean
city of Anyang and s so
that the main world wide
stars are arriving to the
city to recognize the compicated
scenarios that will be used
in Anyang 2006. MORE |
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| 2006
August 16th, Wednesday |
| Latin
America is ready to begin
its assault on South Korea. |
| Inline
speed skating is a relatively
young sport and Latin America
is one of the largest regions
where the sport is participated.
The region has very long
traditions of roller skating
with nations like Argentina
and the powerful Colombia
and Chile. Venezuela is
also fighting hard to join
the group.
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| 2006
August 15th, Tuesday |
| Austria,
Singapore and Denmark will
also compete in Anyang. |
| 2006
will be a great year for
inline speed skating and
Anyang will be in the record
books when for the first
time the Inline World Championships
will have over 50 nations
cometing. This week, new
teams confirmed their participation
in the coming 2006 CIC World
Championships that will
start up from 2nd of September
in South Korea. MORE |
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| 2006
August 15th, Tuesday |
| With
the selection of the junior
team, Italy is ready to
leave for South Korea. |
| The
Italian Roller Sports Federation
organized in Scaltenigo
the Trials for the junior
categories last weekend
to select the junior team
to go to the coming CIC
World Championships in Anyang,
Korea. MORE |
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| 2006
August 09th, Wednesday |
The
2006 will mark a new record
of participating nations
in the World Championships. |
| The
development of inline speed
skating in the world continues
to grow giving good results.
The boom of activity in
the ‘90’s is
long gone but the last year
our sport showed signs of
a revitalizing market in
some countries. Thus the
2006 World Roller Speed
Skating Championships will
have a new record in the
number of participating
nations which gives a little
push to get our Olympic
dream for the 2016 Games.
MORE |
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| 2006
August 09th, Wednesday |
In
Pamplona, Spain will hold
their Trails to select
their World Team for 2006. |
| Most
of the teams that will participate
in the coming World Championships
that will be held in Korean
city of Anyang have already
chosen their teams (some
like Australia and NZ did
it months ago), but others
have not yet selected their
team, leaving it right up
to the last minute to hold
the selection competition.
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