After the relegation of Suzhou (China) as the location of the skating world championships due to the SARS epidemic, different countries applied to organize the world championships in a very short time. There were only three months to organize a magnificent event and Barquisimeto (Venezuela) surprised everyone with a brilliant organization and a opening ceremony never seen in our sport.

United States was the strongest team of the event and took the first position. Venezuela surprised us with a wonderful fifth place with two world titles in senior men.

The Argentinean Andrea Gonzalez was the ¨Queen of the Speed¨ and she won two gold medals at the time trials.