Canadian skaters strong at North America’s Biggest Event in Duluth, MN

Morgane Echardour finishes 3rd in Pro Women’s- Echardour and Candy Wong now 1st & 2nd in North American Series, Winnipeg’s Damian Konotopetz wins Senior Eilte, Erwin Baertschi wins Grand Veterans, Randy Plett 4th in Veteran Elite Men

A number of Canadian skaters used the biggest inline skating event in North America- the 2010 Northshore Inline Marathon- as a setting to earn excellent results.

Morgane Echardour placed 3rd in the Pro Women’s race at the NSIM- photo from Peter Doucet, SpeedSkateWorld.com

The 42km marathon, held in rain and wet conditions in Duluth, MN, attracted about 3000 skaters, including a strong contingent from across Canada.

Skaters rolled and raced from Two Harbors to Duluth in the point-to-point race, covering the 42km’s in a variety of age and ability categories.