Speed Skate World- By Peter Doucet- Online Since 1999

Who's That?: Check out ASSB's Subaru XTech's 'Ace Card'. I wonder who they're talking about...

Speaking of wondering who they're talking about, check out Aaron Arndt's latest website entries Memorable Quotes 6: and Campaign 2- he is starting to give a little bit of a historical perspective on races.

'on the topic of ‘96 JWC, here is a pic from one of the distance races:... in front of me are two Chileans and an Argentinean, beside is a French skater, and behind an Australian... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I was just talking to Ruben Martinez... He says that’s him!!! ahahahahahahaahahahahaha!!! how awesome is that?? :)'- photo & caption from Aaron Arndt
Weekend Results: There are three 'big' competitions taking place this weekend-

Let's kick it off with the world junior long track championships- results from day 2 can be found here thanks to DESG- just in case you're confused, use the links in blue.

Long track world cup results from today are all up- check them out. SSWOM has some reading material for you; Bob and Carl, H'veen World Cup Final 5000m men, H'veen World Cup Final 1500m ladies, Timmer on the false start, H'veen World Cup Final 500m men (2), and H'veen World Cup Final 500m ladies (2).

Meijco.nl has a whole bunch of pictures from today's racing. DESG also has lots (355) of photos from day 2-
- All distances
- 500m men
- 500m ladies
- 1500m ladies
- 5000m men
- All other images
- Unknown faces

Shuang Zhang- photo from Meijco.nl

Kyou Hyuk Lee- photo from Meijco.nl

Kristina Groves- photo from Meijco.nl

Holland fans- photo from DESB

Judith Hesse- photo from DESB

Mika Poutala- photo from DESB

World Cup- photo from DESB
The final event that I am reporting on is the the Copa Internacional Salvemos todos a Bolívar- check out Patin Carrera's latest update called Yercy Puello y Andrés Muñóz son los reyes de la velocidad en Cartagena.. Make sure you check out all the results from the competition.

RRC: I Agree: The the people at Road Rash Chronicles, I agree with this entry; Ants in our pants.; you'll see that there's quite a few 'I can't wait 's'.

Another entry on the side today is called Indoor Recap- you'll find a bunch of pictures.

Hugh 'Hot Dog' Xie- photo from Road Rash Chronicles
Coaching Ethics: I just thought I'd being the thread Coaching Ethics to your attention- it's been getting quite a few comments- lots of thoughts and ideas.

Tips: Here are a few tips for you; the Inline Planet has this one written by Barry Publow- How to Handle a High Speed Descent on Inline Skates.

Here are a couple of articles posted on London Skaters;
- How to bend your knees on skates
- Muscle Memory and Skating

Pics- Italy & Roanoke: Pattinaggio Bellusco has got more pictures from the Italian Indoor Championships- A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H- I don't really understand Italian, but I think 'Per un totale di 4064 fotografie!' means for a total of 4064 pictures.

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Italian Indoor Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco
Check out Kevin Osborne's pictures from Roanoke. I can't even begin to count how many pictures there are. They're still loading at a furious rate as I type this.