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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.
So it is the case of the Spanish
Team that now is coached by
the Argentinean Carlos Lugea
–who in the last years
was the coach of the Indian
and Venezuelan team. On August
19 and 20 they will organize
the Trial competition to choose
the best skaters to participate
in Anyang. The team will comprise
8 athletes and 36 athletes will
participate in the trials.
The first big event that Lugea
managed the Spanish Team was
the Senior Europeans Championships
in Cassano d´Adda (Italy)
where the team obtained good
results like the gold medal
at the men’s relays competition.
The competitions will be held
at the Lagunak Track (same as
the 1998 Worlds) in Pamplona.
The race program is compose
by 300 M Time Trial, 5000 M
Elimination, 500 M Sprint, 10000
M Points/Elimination, 200 M
Time Trial, 1000 M and 15000
M Elimination.
The
main candidates to obtain the
eight places available for the
Anyang 2006 team are Ronan Sanchez,
Kepa Caballero, Garikoitz Lerga,
Alberto Lopez, Fernando Mejia,
Mikel Alzueta, Sandra Gomez,
Sheila Posada, Mikel Goñi
and Joseba Fernandez.
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