Here are two forms to represent Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Officials: RSC Team Official Declaration of Interest
- Athletes: RSC Intent to Compete Declaration
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Roller Sports Canada Nomination Procedure- Selection Criteria for 2011 Pan American Games
Details for representing Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico are now available. The ‘Intent to Compete form’ for speed will be online at a later time.,
RSC Disciplines
These procedures cover team selection for both Roller Figure Skating (Artistic) and InlineSpeed Skating teams for the 2011 Pan American Games. The Roller Figure Skating Team willconsist of 1 athlete and 1 coach, and will be funded by the COC. The Speed Skating Team willnot be funded by the Canadian Olympic Committee – this is a self-funded event for speedathletes and coaches, although limited partial funding may be available through the individualProvincial Federations.
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
Here are additional resources from Coaching Association of Canada;
2010 Senior and Junior World Roller Figure Skating Championships Placements
Full results & placements for the 2010 Senior & World Roller Figure Skating Championships are available;
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”
World Roller Figure Champs live stream starts November 24th
The World Roller Figure Skating Championships will be streamed online.
Two skaters are representing Canada in the Junior World Class Division. Kailah Macri will be skating Figures and Freestyle and Rielle Kaschl will be skating Solo Dance.
Live Streaming starts at 4pm Portugal time ( 11am EST) on Wednesday November 24th.
Renault International Roller Cup
THe Renault International Roller Cup will take place in Modena, Italy on December 8th 2010
This is one of the best competitions in the world of roller skating. The most beautiful because of the chance to see in just two hours the best 12 skaters in the world this year. The most beautiful because all the skaters are participating in 4 teams, composed of a single female, one male and one pair, thus transforming the discipline in a team sport. The most beautiful because all the skaters skate on live music played by an orchestra of 20 elements and have a brand new choreography. The most beautiful show is taken up in native HD and visible in many televisions in the world, thus consecrating the roller-skating as the other disciplines. The most beautiful because people come from all over the world and the site is about and has 10 languages worldwide. The most beautiful because you will finally see the figure skating wheels as you have always dreamed of.
Toronto Sun: Figuring it out on the roller rink
Coming from a land of ice and snow, competitive roller figure skating isn’t exactly every Canadian girl’s dream. And while the tricky moves are just the same as on ice, the opportunities are not — there are only a few indoor roller skating rinks in all of Canada.
But that hasn’t deterred Murielle Kaschl and Kailah Macri, two hard-working 19-year-olds who have qualified to represent Canada in the junior division at the Roller Figure Skating World Championships in Portimão, Portugal Nov. 24 to Dec. 4.
Read more here: Figuring it out on the roller rink
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