According to a number of sources, the 2011, 2012, and 2013 World Roller Speed Skating Championships have been awarded to the following nations;
- 2011- Korea
- 2012- Italy
- 2013- Belgium
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Alcohol and Athletes
Traditionally many athletes consume alcohol after games or competitions to relax and celebrate. What they may not know is that alcohol can negatively affect physical and mental performance.Alcohol affects all major body systems.
Here’s how alcohol can negatively affect your body, and your ability to perform at your personal best.
Get the Facts !
Alcohol can impair athletic performance*
- Reduces performance potential by up to 11% in elite athletes and perhaps by as much as 15-30% in high school athletes.
- Impairs the athlete’s reaction time for up to 12 hours after consumption.
- Delays exercise recovery. Alcohol impairs blood glucose for up to 36 hours, affecting energy production and optimum physical/mental performance.
- Decreases protein synthesis for repair of muscle tissue during post-exercise/recovery.
- Reduces HGH release up to 70% during the sleeping hours when (normal) release is at peak levels – negating the ability to efficiently build/maintain muscle mass.
- Greatly increases the release of the stress hormone cortisol – negating the training effect.
- Depresses the immune system. Statistics show athletes who “drink” get sick more often.
- “Drinkers” are twice as likely to become injured as non-drinkers.
- Heavy episodic drinking (i.e. binge drinking) results in projected losses of up to 14 days of training effect.
Read more: Alcohol and Athletes
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Join the adventure at the Berlin Inline Skating Marathon in 2011
You are invited to join Run N’ Fun at the World’s Largest Inline Skating Marathon!
That’s right! Run N’ Fun is heading to the Berlin Marathon 2011 and we invite you to join us for the event of a lifetime. Join over 7,500 racers from around the world on Saturday September 24th 2011 as you skate through history.
This season finale for 2011 could be the highlight of your inline skating career when you participate in the fastest and largest inline skating marathon in the world! With over 250,000 spectators cheering, you’re sure to skate to a PB.
Click here to see more exciting information about the Berlin Marathon Tour September 22nd – October 1st, 2001 with Run N’ Fun. This event sells out fast! You don’t want to be disappointed. Reserve your spot now for only $150.00!
Safe runnin’ and skatin’
Theresa Edmonson
2010 Senior and Junior World Roller Figure Skating Championships Placements
Full results & placements for the 2010 Senior & World Roller Figure Skating Championships are available;
Colombia’s Secret
Less than 20 years ago, Colombia was mainly known as the country the bad guys in “Miami Vice” came from. Only fifteen years ago, skating-wise they were virtually nonexistent. So I was wondering how come they’re today the strongest skating nation in the world… Well, I’ve got a simple and logic answer: The people implicated in skating over there, at all levels, has just done what must be done, in the right and proper way. From the officials that at the very least did what was expected from them, to the coaches that dearly wanted to improve themselves every day, to the patient and caring parents.
And their athletes? Champions are not made overnight. It takes a lot more than a magic touch to hear the national anthem and see the Colombian flag on the podium so often during the last few editions of World Championships. But it certainly has to do with good alchemy, combining the right measure of passion, talent, organization, sponsorship, mentality, discipline and work… a lot of work, no doubt.
Read more: Colombia’s Secret
Murielle Kaschl at Worlds
Here’s a picture of Murielle Kaschl skating at this year’s World Roller Figure Skating Champs in Portugal.
Murielle Kaschi finishes 7th in Junior Solo Dance at World Roller Figure Skating Champs in Portugal
Canada’s Murielle Kaschi finished 7th in the Junior Solo Dance competition at the World Roller Figure Skating Championships, underway in Portugal.
Kaylah Marci finished 14th in the Junior Ladies Freeskating- Free (short & long).
Kailah Macri- photo from Liga Vallecaucana de Patinaje
- USA Roller Sports: 2010 Roller Figure World Championships
- Live streaming schedule
- On facebook: 2010 World Roller Figure Skating Championships
- Coverage and updates on skatingidea
- FIHP’s artistic section featuring articles & more
- Pictures: Mundial de Patinaje Artístico 2010
Canadian Athletes Now Fund Athlete Holiday Drive
November 15th to December 31, 2010 all athletes are working together to help CAN Fund raise more money for the next application deadline January 7th, 2011. Please add the name of the athlete you heard about this campaign from in the “message board”
The seventh International Big Rideau Lake Speed Skating Marathon will take place in Portland, Ontario, on January 29th 2011. The event, which is skated on the ice, is part of the Marathon Skating International series.
TISC Honors & Celebrates Skaters and Volunteers at 2010 Awards & End of Year Party
The Toronto Inline Skating Club held its annual Awards & End of Year Party at Toronto’s Swansea Town Hall in Toronto last night.
With the help of food, music, videos, slide-shows, speeches, trophies, prizes, and presentations, a full house enjoyed this celebration of the past and is now looking to the future for continued success & growth with the club.
Read more here: TISC Honors & Celebrates Skaters and Volunteers at 2010 Awards & End of Year Party
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