This past weekend, thousands of skaters took to Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the 7th annual 24 Hours Roller Montreal. Over 100 teams took to the start of the ever-growing event.

The event attracted skaters from across North America as well as overseas. This year’s event raised over $30000 in support of Quebec’s Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

Presenting $31520 to Quebec’s Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

2010 Olympic Champion Olivier Jean acted as spokesperson for the event. He was part of this year’s fastest team, Apex Racing Skates – Il Peloton. The team’s roster also included past Olympic Champion Mathieu Turcotte, USA’s Olympic Silver Medalist Travis Jayner, 2010 Canadian Olympic Champion Mathieu Giroux, Canadian 500-meter record holder Steve Robillard, and a host of other strong inline skaters.

2010 winning team Apex Racing Skates – Il Peloton

• Results
• Event website
• Pictures & reports from Peter Doucet [#1] [#2] [#3] [#4] [#5] [#6]
• Un record de participation au 24H Roller Montréal
• Pictures from Georg Nikodym
• Pictures from Cor Beattie

Solo skaters skating together early on- A2A2A2A2A leads the way. He skated an impressive 530km’s solo!

Thousands of skaters from across the world are descending upon Montreal this weekend for the annual 24 Hours Roller Montreal.

The event will be under way on Saturday at 2pm and concludes 24-hours later on Sunday at 2pm. Teams ranging from 1 to 10 skaters will relay throughout the day and night while completing laps around Montreal’s smooth and scenic Gilles Villeneuve Circuit.

The event will being together skaters from all the great disciplines of speed skating; long track, short track, and roller. Skaters expected to lace up for the event include 2010 Olympic medalists in short track & long track speed skating; Olivier Jean (Canada), Travis Jayner (USA), and Mathieu Giroux (Canada) as well addition past Olympic medalists.

With a village featuring food, vendors, music, fun, and a beautiful view of the late-night fireworks, the 2010 event is expected to be a really fun one for all and a continued boost for skating.

• Event’s website
• Un petit coup de patin pour une grande cause

Hundreds gather to skate the final celebration lap soon after the conclusion of 2009’s 24-hour event

The results for the 2010 Roller Sports Canada Outdoor Roller Speed Skating Championships are now available for download.

• Results [Download (xls file]

Thanks you CRISC for hosting the 2010 Nationals- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

The second RSO Series of the year was held in Toronto earlier today. Jade Pauley continued his Canadian Championships winning ways, earning the most points of the day by placing 2nd in the 300-meter time trial, tying for 1st in the 500-meter sprint, and claiming the top spot in the 10km elimination race.

Shannon Hegarty extended her series lead in the senior women’s category, finishing the day as the top female skater. NRS’ Paisley Perrie continued improving her performance, keeping in the mix with Hegarty.

The final stage will take place on August 29th in Harriston, Ontario.

• Report with results
• Pictures from Peter Doucet

Jade Pauley leads the way in the 10km elimination race. In the pack are Peter Doucet, Jesse Pauley, Scott Pauley, Brock Howes, Shannon Hegarty, and Paisley Perrie- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

The 2010 Canadian Roller Speed Skating Championships are complete.

Jade Pauley, Sarah Hopkins, Brett Leavens, & Paisley Perrie and Mackayla D’Mello were winners in their respective divisions, with some of these skaters setting new records and even re-writing the record books.

Results, World Team & Pan American Championships Team information will be posted later.

• Marathon pictures [From Peter Doucet] [From Linda Wright-Wood]
• Day 1 & 2 pictures (road/ track) [Day 1- from Peter Doucet] [Day 2- from Peter Doucet] [Days 1 & 2- from Linda Wright-Wood]
• Day 3 pictures (indoors) [From Peter Doucet]

Jade Pauley (in white) keeps things in check during the 15km elimination race on day 2- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

Nicole Garrido leads eventual Sarah Hopkins- eventual Champion, as well as Morgane Echardour, and Leah Kaluta during the 15km elimination race- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

Eric Leavens leads Tyron Harkiss and Brett Leavens. Brett Leavens set records in 4 of 5  possible distances- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

Paisley Perrie and Mackayla D’Mello tied for the overall title, with Perrie taking the sprint title and D’Mello taking the distance title- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

Canadian short track speed skater Olivier Jean placed third in the Chicagoland Inline Marathon this past weekend. Jean, who won Olympic Gold in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympic in Vancouver, fell early in the race. He managed to catch up to the lead pack despite the pack racing at a blistering pace.

Switzerland’s Roger Schneider, World Record holder in the marathon distance, placed 4th.

Jesse Pauley (in white)- photo from DuffManOhYea

Other Canadians who placed well include Cambridge’s Jesse Pauley and Toronto’s Leo Frusteri who both finished with the lead pack in 7th and 8th place.

The Chicagoland Inline Marathon was part of the Rollerblade Inline Tour, featuring a sprint race on Friday, time trial and points race on Saturday, and culminating with a marathon on Sunday.

• Event’s website
• Tour results
• Inline results– includes sprint, marathon, time trial, and points race
• Chicagoland Inline Marathon- Live updates from the racecourse
• Pictures
• Pictures
• Videos
• Reports from SkateLog Forum

On Sunday, August 15th Surrey Place Centre will be hosting its annual GetInline – Toronto’s walk and inline skate for people with developmental disabilities. This event helps raise funds to enhance programs and services for people with developmental disabilities in order to enable them to live to their fullest potential.

• GetInline
• Poster (pdf)
• Pledge form (pdf)

Day 1 of the 2010 Canadian Speed Skating Championships saw a number of records set at the Okotoks track near Calgary.

Harriston’s Paisley Perrie set Junior Women records in the 300-meter & 1000-meters. Calgary’s Alex D’mello set the Senior Men’s 1000-meter in his heat while Brett Leavens set the record in the Junior Men’s 1000-meters in the final.

Sarah Hopkins won all three distances in the Senior Women’s category, including a record-setting time in the 1000-meters. Morgane Echardour placed 2nd in every distance. Leah Kaluta placed 3rd in the sprint distance while Nicole Garrido placed 3rd in the 10km points/ elimination.

Senior World Class Women’s 1000-meter start- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

In the Senior Men’s side, Jade Pauley won all three distances of the day. Peter Doucet placed 2nd in the 300-meter & 10km points/ elimination while Alex D’mello placed 2nd in the 1000-meter race.

Racing continues tomorrow.

• Peter Doucet’s pictures

Junior World Class Men’s 10km points/ elimination race- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

Calgary’s Sarah Hopkins & Ottawa’s Stephane Tremblay won the Canadian Championship Marathon on Wednesday in Calgary.

In the women’s race, it was Sarah Hopkins who managed to claim her first Canadian marathon title, finishing ahead of Mississauga’s Morgane Echardour. Calgary’s Leah Kaluta placed 3rd.

Ottawa’s Stephane Tremblay broke away early on in the men’s race and skated a strong race, winning by a margin of about 1 1/2 minutes ahead of Calgary’s Alex D’mello. USA’s Josh Wood- World Championships medalist, placed 3rd.

• Pictures from Peter Doucet
• Report on SpeedSkateWorld.com
• Half marathon pictures from Ana Garrido

The 42km lead pack- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

Click here for Ana Garrido’s pictures featuring skaters from Calgary preparing for this weekend’s RSC Canadian Speed Championships.

Photo from Ana Garrido