Here are a few neat videos from recent competitions with Canadian skaters;

• Apostle Islands Inline Marathon 2011
• Apostle Islands Inline Marathon
• Apostle Islands Inline Marathon 2011 – Pro Vets
• Coupe de France Marathon Roller – Dijon 2011

The 2011 Canadian Outdoor Speed Championships are set to take place this weekend in Harriston, Ontario at the CITC’s 200-meter track.

The official practice is set for Friday July 1st from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The RSC Speed Committee Meeting will take place at 5:15 p.m. inside the CITC’s Pavilion. RSC affiliated Clubs are allowed to send on representative to the meeting. Those who may also attended the meeting include RSC’s President (Wayne Burrett), RSC’s Vice-President of Speed (Tyler Congdon), and RSC’s Athlete’s Representative (Sarah Hopkins).

• Click here for the schedule of events

FIRS and the CIC have confirmed that skaters Angie Perez (Colombia), Nicolas Bermudez (Colombia), and Paola Serrano have tested positive at the anti doping tests carried out in 2010 at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships.

Those athletes, who have been disqualified by the Colombian Federation, have lost their World Championship titles. The CIC will award medals according to new rankings that exclude the skaters who tested positive.

This past weekend proved fruitful for Canadian skaters competing in the USA.

Candy Wong & Nadine Currie Jackson placed 1st and 2nd in the Open Women’s category at the Apostle Islands Inline Marathon in Wisconsin. Morgan Williams placed 7th overall.

Morgane Echardour scored a triple victory at this season’s second Eastern Seaboard Series. She won the Pro Women’s 15km race and 1km time-trial and was the top female finisher in the 5km race.

• Live Blog: Apostle Islands Inline Marathon
• Apostle Islands Inline Marathon results [Full, Half, Mad Skate Age Group Results] [Full, Half, Mad Skate Division Results] [Full, Half, Mad Skate Overall Results]
• Eastern Seaboard Series with links to results
• Pictures- Eastern Seaboard Series #2 [ESS 2 2011]

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Candy Wong (left, in red) starts her race at the Apostle Islands Inline Marathon

Click here for results and a few photos from last weekend’s RSO Series #1 held at the CITC in Harriston.

Shannon Hegarty leads Paisley Perrie in a 500-meter race- photo by Peter Doucet

Young skaters take to the line- photo by Peter Doucet

Skaters from Quebec’s CPVRAM took advantage of the opportunity to compete at the CITC 200-meter track, which will be in early July’s Canadian Outdoor Speed Championships- photo by Peter Doucet

Nadine Currie Jackson in 2nd in her pack

Constant Montpellier leading the way

Nadine Currie Jackson has just returned home from Europe after competing in Dijon, France, at the World Masters Marathon Championships.

The race went very well for her, considering she partially dislocated her shoulder 10 days before the race. The shoulder wasn’t an issue since she had some very aggressive therapy and exercises to get it back into a functional arm swing.

She placed 6th in her category. Her goal was to place in the top ten. So she was pleased with that. Nadine tried to hold on to the attack pack, they got a bit of speed and she lost the draft. She spent the rest of the marathon in the chase pack and won the field sprint to the finish, beating out the France alliance.

Constant Montpellier had some bad luck and was disqualified on the way to the finish line. He would have placed high if that didn’t happen. He skated strong and stayed with the lead pack to the finish.

Constant Montpellier and Nadine Currie Jackson skated with some of the best Masters skaters in the World. Both athletes placed well, with Nadine Currie Jackson finishing in 6th place in her category. Constant Montpellier his group’s final sprint and was gobbled up by a group of skaters with about 100-meters to go.

• Results: Under 40 and under 50
• Results:: Under 60 and over 60