2003 Worlds 500m, Ottawa Archives, US Champs, Silver Skate Results, Aaron's Quotes, Lots Of Italy Pics, Cartagena, Colombia Results, Nat'l Marathon

2003 Worlds 500m: This race has it all; 4 fast skaters going for 3 world championship medals, loads of fans, an enthusiastic tv announcer, a fight- but what impressed me the most was Venezuela's Fabian Arcila's use of the bank to pass Italy's Luca Presti going into the final corner- see mundial patinaje venezuela 500 mts or press play below-


Ottawa Archives: The Ottawa Inline Skating Club now has their newsletters archived- they're a good source of information.

US Championships: Now this is bound to be a hot topic; United States Champs- it's about non US citizens competing at the USA's National Championships.

Silver Skate Results: The Silver Skate Festival race results are now online- see 25km results and 50km results.

Aaron's Quotes: Aaron Arndt has been posting memorable quotes- he put up a few today; Memorable Quotes 5:, Memorable Quotes 4:, and Memorable Quotes 3:.


Arcton Landcaster leads Aaron Arndt and Marc Griffin at the 1996 Canadian championships- photo posted on Aaron Arndt
Lots Of Italy Pics: Yeppers, that's right- your next tast is to sift through and admire pictures from the Italian Indoor Championships that were posted on Pattinaggio Bellusco. Use the links below to access the galleries.

- Thursday pictures (A - B - C - D - E - F - G)
- Friday pictures (A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - L - M - N - O - P - Q)
- Saturday pictures (A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - L - M - N)


Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco
Cartagena: Patin Carrera is continuing to offer coverage of the Copa Internacional Salvemos todos a Bolívar 2008- a couple of recent articles include Comienza el patinaje en Cartagena and Las figuras y los medios dieron el sí en Cartagena- you can find some photos here.


In Cartagena- photos from Patin Carrera
Colombia Results: Here are a few sets of recent results coming out of Colombia; Resutlados Regional Manizales febrero and Resultados Regional Menores Medellin.

Nat'l Marathon: Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating has a nice new post called National Marathon Champs.


'They have the old Zamboni from the John Rose oval out there making some really nice ice. It looks like a pretty wide track'- caption from on Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating and photo by Joe Von Drase