Recent Pics, Recent Results

Recent Pics: Lots of pictures from the last few days for us to check out-

Let's kick it off with pictures from Calgary- CRISC's pictures from an indoor practice in January.


I know this isn't picutres, but it's close enough; Simon Clement's video from last weekend's Quebec City Samsung ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup- see ISU Quebec World Cup Short track speed skating- I think he really capture the energy of the event in its glory with the noisy crowd cheering on the Canadian skaters when they are introduced. You can hear the crowd, see crashes, hear the announcer, watch some amazing racing, and then you get to hear the pump-me-up song Eye Of The Tiger. As I type this, the video is playing LOUD in another window... I'm going to train..NOW!!- it's true, this is the last thing I typed for today's update.


Click here for photos from the NorthWest Invitational at the Skate Connection in Auburn, WA. When the album loads, click on the pictures you see, and you'll have acess to hundreds and hundreds of really good pictures... mind you they're not all perfect; there's a blurry picture on this page.


NorthWest Invitational- photo from Mark Virtue

NorthWest Invitational- photo from Mark Virtue

NorthWest Invitational- photo from Mark Virtue
Harm de Boer Fotografie came through with some great pictures from last weekend's 200km outdoor marathon in Austria (Alternatieve 11 Stedentocht)- check out women's pictures, men's A pictures, and the TNT press conference.


Women's Alternatieve 11 Stedentocht- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Men's Alternatieve 11 Stedentocht- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Men's Alternatieve 11 Stedentocht- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie
Skating Sisters has put up a photo album of short track racing in Brugge.


Photo from Skating Sisters
Pattinaggio Bellusco has a few recent photo albums, including pictures of their team, tons of pictures from Roncadelle (A, B, C, D), and 2 albums from the Corsi Di Avviamento (here and here).




Recent Results: Now I will post a some results & reports- mostly from various races that took place this past weekend.
For all sorts of long track results, I suggest you click your way and browse through SpeedSkatingResults.com. For example, I was browsing through a few minutes ago and noticed the Manitoba Olympic Style Championships results. Looks like Randy Plett had quite a weekend with some wins.

The Essent ISU Long Track World Cup took place last weekend in snowy Baselga di Piné, Italy. I don't know if you knew, but you could have checked out live results. Speed Skating Canada has a few reports; Canada fourth in men’s pursuit at speed skating World Cup and Ottawa’s Kristina Groves wins gold medal at speed skating World Cup. Speedskating-online provided some reporting, You can find all the results by clicking here.

The Essent Grand Prix 1 200km took place last weekend on lake Weissensee in Austria. You can find full results here. There is some news and reporting of the race in ICE MARATHON NEWS 2007 / 2008. Skate Podium kindly posted a report; see Lars Hoogenboom de sterkste op de 200.

If you'd like to find some results from the Argentina National Championships, click here- you'll either have to scroll down or use the archives (if they have some).

Click here for a report on this past weekend's Terras do Infante 2008 from Spain.


Aaron Arndt reported on last weekend's RSO Indoor Speed Series race in The Weakerthans. He says ' think the highlight had to be the crowd during Marco Frusteri’s races. There was a great energy, and I have to say thanks to the crowd for the energy. That was truly great'.