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Canadians Take to the Track at Worlds

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Canada’s squad has taken to the track at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Guarne, Colombia.

With the first day of racing completed, officials have already had to deal with rain delays. Races has have been postponed and delayed.

Colombian skaters bested the 300-meter time trial World Records on day 1 & day 2 of racing.

You can use the following links below for results, live updates & video, & more;

Alex D’mello on the line ready for the 10km points-elimination

Photo from PatinCarrera.com & Bont Skates

Canadian Skaters March Proudly in Colombia at Worlds Opening Ceremony, Racing Now Under Way

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Canada’s 2010 World Team marched at the opening ceremony for the World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Guarne, Colombia.

Mackayla D’mello was selected as Canada’s flag bearer for last night’s televised opening ceremony.

Today’s 300-meter sprint heats are just about concluded. The senior men’s heats have been delayed because of rain.

In the junior men’s 300-meter sprint, Tyron Harkiss and Brett Leavens skated good times, but the duo were still ways back from the top mark set by Colombia’s Juan Camilo Perez with a time of 24.383-seconds.

Leah Kaluta skated the senior women’s 300-meter sprint. Colombia’s Jercy Puello set the world record in that distance with a time of 25.838-seconds.

Photo from Bont Skates

Canadian Skaters set for World Championships in Colombia

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A group of five skaters and two supporters are now in Colombia for the World Roller Speed Skating Championships. The World Championships kick off tomorrow October 21st with the opening ceremony. Racing begins on Friday with the 300-meter time-trials.

The Hotel itself is very nice and clean and the staff are amazingly accommodating. After our translator helped us check in and showed us to our rooms we went into the dining hall where the cooks, whom I’m almost positive just woke up for us, made the team warm sandwiches and peach mango juice at 11:30 at night. It was a nice welcoming after a long day. The rooms are both very spacious and clean – although there is a huge gap underneath our door which leads right outside, which makes me think of all the creepy crawlies that could get in, so far I have only seen 1 moth, and I hope that’s all we find.

The skaters will compete in a variety of distance races in men’s & women’s junior & senior divisions on the track (200-meters with inclined corners), on a road course, culminating with a marathon.

This year’s team is comprised of skaters who are based in Calgary. This will be Tyron Haarkiss’ and Mackayla D’mello’s first-ever World Championship experience.

The Canadian squad on the track preparing for Worlds in Colombia- photo from CRISC

The reality for skating in Canada is that the skaters and support staff are limited in resources. Roller Sports Canada offers limited funding for World teams.

Roller Sports Canada wishes the 2010 Canadian team plenty success, safe skating, and a very positive experience in Colombia.

Representing Canada are:

  • Senior Men: Alex D’mello (Calgary)
  • Senior Women: Leah Kaluta (Calgary)
  • Junior Men: Brett Leavens (Calgary), Tyron Haarkiss (Calgary)
  • Junior Women: Mackayla D’mello (Calgary)
  • Support: Tyler Congdon- Team Manager/ Coach (Calgary), Sergio Almeralla- support (Ottawa)

Follow our Canadian skaters’ results using the following websites:

Jérôme Comtois-Urbain et Martine Charbonneau premiers au Défi de l’Ile de Montréal

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Jérôme Comtois-Urbain et Martine Charbonneau ont franchis la ligne du Défi de l’Ile de Montréal en première place dans en 5-heures 32-minutes.

Les patins de Jérôme Comtois-Urbain après le Défi- photo de Taz Vitesse

Après une chute de Martine Charbonneau et moi au bout de 1.5 km, causé par un freinage du peloton et des branches, nous avons roulé en peloton d’environ 10 personnes pendant 10 km. Après cela, nous étions plus que 5. Le 5ième a lâché le peloton en haut d’une côte où il n’a pas été capable de suivre. Un autre a décroché à mi-parcours. Pour la 2ième moitié de course, j’ai roulé avec Philippe Gagnon et Martine Charbonneau, jusqu’à l’arrivé.

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Leo Frusteri finishes top-10 at World Masters Marathon Champs, Morgan Williams Falls

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Toronto’s Leo Frusteri carved out a top-10 finish in a mad dash for the line and for a World Champion’s colored jersey at World Masters Marathon Championships in Italy. The marathon was held on a technical course in rainy conditions.

Leo Frusteri & Morgan Williams (in black & red)- photo from here

Frusteri, who was complaining before the race that his legs didn’t feel as good as he’d like, completed the marathon in a time of 1-hour 17-minutes 16-seconds, a mere 2-seconds behind the race winner Patrizio Giulioni from Italy. Frusteri ended up in 7th place.

Along with Frusteri was Canadian teammate Morgan Williams. He finished in 19th place with a time of 1-hour 18-minutes 4-seconds. Morgan Williams was skating very well during the race, looking poised for a great result. Unfortunately, he ended up crashing in the race after getting tangled up with a skater from Austria while skating though one of the corners of the tricky course.

Leo Frusteri & Morgan Williams Competing in Worlds Masters Champs This Weekend

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Toronto Inline Skating Club duo taking on world’s best masters skaters at Championships in Italy

The Toronto Inline Skating Club’s Leo Frusteri and Morgan Williams will be representing Canada at the World Masters Championships this weekend in Italy

The pair leave for Italy on Thursday and will race against the world’s best Masters skaters this weekend. They will be racing in the marathon- a 42km race taking place in Pavullo nel Frignano near Bologna, Italy.

The two skaters have trained very hard for this competition, following a strict regimen of daily work outs, concentrating on proper nutrition, and attending key races.

Roller Sports Canada wishes all the best and good luck to Leo and Morgan.

Morgan Williams (in white) skates with good company, including World Champion Jorge Botero and strong skaters from Italy- photo by spdhk

Leo Frusteri displays strong focus at starting line- photo SpeedSkateWorld.com

Candy Wong Wins 38-Mile at Athens to Atlanta, Martine Charbonneau 4th in 87-Mile

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The Toronto Inline Skating Club‘s Candy Wong finished first at October 3rd’s Athens to Atlanta.

Skating in the 38-mile distance, Wong cross the line in a hair over 2-hours 15-minutes.

Martine Charbonneau, who won the full 87-mile distance in the past, placed 4th of all women in the full 87-mile distance. According to reports, Charbonneau was in position to finishing in the top-3 when she took a wrong turn and got lost while skating the closing section of the open-road course when entering Atlanta.

Candy Wong (in red) skating Athens to Atlanta- photo from Lenny Willcox

Canadian Skaters Win North American Series

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Peter Doucet, Morgane Echardour, Morgan Williams win NROC divisions, more Canadians on podium

Canada’s favorite skate couple won matching titles today as the top skaters in the pro open division of the 2010 National Roller Cup.

Speed Skate World’s Peter Doucet came from behind in the last three weeks of the season to take the title away from NROC newcomer Ty Fidler.

Canadians raced to the podium steps of this year’s NROC, a North American racing series comprised of a variety of events including marathons and ultra-marathons.

Nadine-Currie Jackson (left) and Morgane Echardour (right)- photo from Peter Doucet, SpeedSkateWorld.com

Peter Doucet and Morgane Echardour were crowned the Open Men & Women’s Champions while Morgan Williams was the Veteran Men’s Champion.

Peter Doucet (right): NROC Champion- photo from spdhk

Other Canadian skaters who stepped onto the podium included Herb Gayle (Veteran Men) and Nadine Currie-Jackson (Open Women).

Candy Wong was a members of the winning team- Asphalt Beach/K2- while finishing 4th in the Open Women’s category. Also placing 4th in his catergory was Scott Pauley.

In the advanced division, Claudia Thibodeau and Chantal Desjardins placed 2nd and 3rd while Montreal’s Dominique Clement was 4th in the senior men’s division.

Le Taz- École de patinage de Montreal

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L’école de Patin à roues alignées enfants à pour objectif de proposer une activité sportive et ludique aux enfants. Elle permet aussi d’enseigner les techniques afin d’amener ceux qui le souhaitent vers une discipline (Course, Artistique, Roller in line Hockey, Acrobatique). Chaque séance sont composées d’un échauffement, d’un apprentissage technique et de jeux axés sur la pratique du roller skating.

Canadian Girls skate to 2 podium placements at New York 100k, Olympic Champ Olivier Jean 2nd in Men’s

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Morgane Echardour win, Nadine Currie-Jackson & Candy Wong finish in top-5 at New York 100k, Olivier Jean faces Eddie Matzger and a strong field & places 2nd

The best part? The luxury of soaking in everybody’s whoops and hollers through the human chute that welcomed me across the line. I will rewind and play that memory in my mind for years to come, drawing energy and inspiration each time.

Canadian girls were top of their class at the recent New York 100k held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Mississauga’s Morgane Echardour won the women’s 100k in a sprint finish with USA’s Karin Gabriel. Frederickton’s Nadine Currie-Jackson placed 3rd.

Echardour felt she could have wrapped up the race prior to the sprint. After winning the ‘Queen of the Mountain‘ and having tested Karin Gabriel in the mid-race uphill sprints,  she felt confident that she could out-skate Gabriel at the end of the race.

Morgane Echardour leads Nadine Currie-Jackson, Jessica Wright, and Karin Gabriel in the closing laps of the 100k- photo from Robo Skatesaround

This was Echardour’s first win in the 100k. With her win, she joins Martine Charbonneau on the list of Canadian winners of the illustrious race.

Ottawa’s Kim Brennan finished at the top of her division in the 42km, closely followed by Montreal’s Claudio Thibodeau.

On the men’s side, it was the legendary Eddie Matzger who faced down a top international field of skaters including World Champions & World Cup winners Luca Presti, Jorge Botero, and Francesco Zangarini. Canadians Olivier Jean and Peter Doucet stayed in the mix and were very competitive. Matzger won the race, followed by Olivier Jean. Peter Doucet took the title of ‘King of the Mountain‘.

Ottawa’s Stephane Tremblay (4th with white skates and blue helmet) follows Luca Presti, Francesco Zangarini, and Jorge Botero- photo from Dawn Stoppelmoor