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An Inliner’s Guide to Getting Into Ice Part 1: Gear

Sunday, August 28, 2011 // 7 Comments

There are many reasons why an inline speed skater would want to have a go at ice skating. Whatever your reason, in this article I hope to provide some useful tips into making the transition into what may at first seem like a very alien new environment. [more...]

Penultimate Post

Sunday, March 28, 2010 // 3 Comments

About a week ago, the speed skating season came to an end with the world allround championships in Heerenveen. Josh Lose skated in those championships and didn’t skate [more...]

The Australians Are Coming

Thursday, March 11, 2010 // 0 Comments

Team photo from the world cup in Salt Lake City. L-R: Harry Oosterhuis, Rogina De Jong, Daniel Grieg, Sophie Muir, Joshua Lose, Desly Hill, Marie Walth Perkins, Daniel Yeow [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Team Pursuit Final

Saturday, February 27, 2010 // 0 Comments

Team Germany crosses the line despite a fall on the last straight… These olympics continue to surprise and inspire. Most unusual of the aftermath of the preliminaries [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Ladies’ 5000m

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 // 0 Comments

Elma and Martina have a cuddle after their 5k at a world cup last season Just when I thought this Olympics couldn’t get more unpredictable, the men’s 10,000m [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Men’s 10,000m

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 // 0 Comments

Bob de Jong The ladies’ 1500m result was, characteristically for the games, a surprise. Inspired by countryman Mark Tuitert’s spectacular win in the 1500m, Ireen [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Ladies’ 1500m

Sunday, February 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

Despite appearences, this is Kristina Groves just after she WON the 1500m at the Calgary World Cup I’m beginning to think that I may be better off simply putting the [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Men’s 1500m

Saturday, February 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

Chad Hedrick in the final lap of his 1500m in Calgary Canada finally brought home the gold with Christine Nesbitt’s gutsy win the 1000m. The slow ice causing problems [more...]

Pep Talk

Friday, February 19, 2010 // 0 Comments

Sophie Muir Sophie Muir recently made history by not only becoming the first Australian long track skater in 16 years, but is also the first ever female long track olympic [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Womens’ 1000m

Thursday, February 18, 2010 // 0 Comments

Nesbitt leads Slow ice conditions meant that many of the skaters in the men’s 1000m “popped” before the finish, and were unable to skate strongly all the [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Men’s 1000m

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 // 0 Comments

One word: Shani The (South) Koreans seem bent on messing up my predictions. Lee Sang Hwa skated brilliantly to hold off a second-race charge from Jenny Wolf who asserted her [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Ladies’ 500m

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 // 0 Comments

Jenny Wolf vs Beixing Wang A suspenseful running of the men’s 500m concluded yesterday with 21st-birthday-boy Mo Tae Bum being the only person to go under 35 seconds on [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Men’s 500m

Monday, February 15, 2010 // 0 Comments

Joji Kato nears the end of the first 100m of his 500m Yesterday’s women’s 3000m was no surprise at all. Sablikova won the Czech Republic’s first gold medal [more...]

Speed Skating Daily: Ladies’ 3000m

Sunday, February 14, 2010 // 0 Comments

Who do you think will win the 3k? I was kinda hoping that I would… There were a few surprises in yesterday’s men’s 5000m. Sven Kramer won in olympic record [more...]
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