Below are a few pictures from yesterday’s racing and today’s training at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships-
Chaos in the senior women’s relay final
Finish of the men’s 1000-meter final
Senior men’s 1000-meter final
Senior women 1000-meters
There were quite a few falls in the junior women and senior women’s relay and one team went down in the junior men’s relay. There were no crashes in the senior men’s relay. I’ve got quite a few falls on video and lots of great racing action- I’ll probably piece it all together at some point.
I raced the 1000-meter race and set a personal best time at 1:32. Travis Shaw skated his heat, they blasted with a 19-second first 200-meters. He finished in 1:37. We ended up 40th and 51st of 64 skaters in the senior men’s 1000.
Both of Canada’s men’s and women’s relay team were lapped out.
Today is the day off of racing. There was an open practice on the road, and most of the national teams, including the Canadians, opted for a morning practice.The organizers left the teams and skaters without buses from the hotel to the road- many taxis were needed to transport all the national selections from the hotels to the track.
The road course is blazing fast and smooth. It is slightly banked, with one of the straights with a slight decline for an extra umph!
The links below offer many beautiful pictures, video archive of races, reports, results, opinions, and insider’s perspectives.
Like I said before, use the following links for lots of news; scan the list carefully because I added a few more links-
Below are a few pictures from yesterday’s racing and today’s training at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships-
Chaos in the senior women’s relay final
Finish of the men’s 1000-meter final
Senior men’s 1000-meter final
Senior women 1000-meters
There were quite a few falls in the junior women and senior women’s relay and one team went down in the junior men’s relay. There were no crashes in the senior men’s relay. I’ve got quite a few falls on video and lots of great racing action- I’ll probably piece it all together at some point.
I raced the 1000-meter race and set a personal best time at 1:32. Travis Shaw skated his heat, they blasted with a 19-second first 200-meters. He finished in 1:37. We ended up 40th and 51st of 64 skaters in the senior men’s 1000.
Both of Canada’s men’s and women’s relay team were lapped out.
Today is the day off of racing. There was an open practice on the road, and most of the national teams, including the Canadians, opted for a morning practice.The organizers left the teams and skaters without buses from the hotel to the road- many taxis were needed to transport all the national selections from the hotels to the track.
The road course is blazing fast and smooth. It is slightly banked, with one of the straights with a slight decline for an extra umph!
The links below offer many beautiful pictures, video archive of races, reports, results, opinions, and insider’s perspectives.
Like I said before, use the following links for lots of news; scan the list carefully because I added a few more links-