World Team ST Champs, Elias Del Valle Interview, Links, Dancing With The Stars, NA ST Champs, Escolares Pics, Quebec Group Training, Ferté Bernard

World Team ST Champs: The world short track team championships took place this past weekend. It’s a neat competition format, which places countries in groups (brackets). The top nations from each bracket advance to the A finals by accumulating points. Canada finished 1st in the men’s and 3rd in the women’s categories. Click here for full results. You can find some pictures on Pattinaggio Bellusco.


Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Francois Louis Tremblay finishes his 500-meter in 41.687 while Korea's Sung, Si-Bak slides across the finish
Elias Del Valle Interview: SpeedSK8rs has a good and insightful interview with Colombian national team coach Elias Del Valle.


Elias Del Valle checking out the action while perched in a tree at the 2005 world championships

In the interview, Elias Del Valle talks about Joey Mantia & specialization(seen here in 1st place flanked Colombia's Nelson Garzon and Jorge Botero)
Links: Ohio Speed Skating Tour, MPC Speed, Logan City Speed Skate Club, and Midland Speed Skating Club.

Dancing With The Stars: Click here to view a video of Apolo Ohno discussing his upcoming stint in ABC’s Dancing With The Stars.

North American ST Champs: Click here for results and photos from the North American short track speed skating championships that took place this past weekend in Midland, MI. You can find some commentary on the CITC’s website.


Photo from Midland Speed Skating Club
Qunita Carrera de Escolares Pics: Mundo Patin has posted pictures from the Qunita Carrera de Escolares.


Racing at the 5th school race- photo from Mundo Patin
Coupe Du Quebec’s Group Training: Brian Jalbert will be offering training programs for 3 different groups of skaters in preparation for the Quebec Cup. The level include elite, advanced, and technique.


Morgane Echardour shows how its done- photo from Quebec Cup
Ferté Bernard Report: Click here for PS-Matter Family’s report on the Ferté Bernard race.


Ferté Bernard race action- photo from Photo91.fr