Colombia's First Go At Long Track World Cup

It looks like Camilo Echeverri, a Colombian national living in Toronto, Canada, will be the first ever skater to represent Colombia at the ISU long track world cup. As long as his status as a competitor is approved by the ISU, Camilo will be competing in the long track world cup this weekend in Heerenveen, Netherlands, and the following weekend in Berlin, Germany.

Camilo Echeverri has been a competitive inline skater for years. He moved to Canada in 2003 recently made the transition to short and long track ice. He was an athlete candidate for the 'Own the Podium' program which aims at developing Canadian athletes to compete for Canada at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.


Camilo Echeverri at an RSO race in Aurora (left) and training at the Olympic Oval in Calgary with his brother Leonardo(right).
This will be Colombia's first go at the long track world cup. After his competitions, he will be living and training in Berlin and in the Netherlands for a few months. KIA /YACHT, Van Caspel, and roselle B.V are supporting and sponsoring Camilo. Camilo is not sure how long he will be in Europe because he has to continue with his schooling.

You can follow the long track world cup results at the following websites: Essent ISU World Cup and the Heerenveen ISU World Cup.