As the weekend inches closer and closer, I’d like to share lots of links to long track speed skating pictures, reports, results, and more.
Before you set off your journey into the links below, have a look at this great video; Open NK Weissensee (kort).
France’s Pascal Briand recently found out he’ll be able to skate at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver;
and yesterday i finally learn i will be in vancoucer…it is such a great news for me , i m so thankfull to everybody that helped me so far…i will make message for all soon but now i m still under the CHOCK news…i enjoy it full…i enjoy every second of my training full…
5 years i m training for this…going is a dream and a step…now all my focus will go on doing my best there…that is why now i m training so hard on inline and short track…using the training tools that make me as strong as possible
Canada’s newest indoor long track speed skating oval, located in Fort St. John BC, home to National Team members Denny and Jay Morrison, will begin the new year by hosting its first ever BC Speed Skating Association (BCSSA) sanctioned event.
Here’s a bit of long track speed skating news from the last few days.
As we head into the weekend, I recommend that you begin your browsing with these links; Clara Hughes’ entry WITH GLOWING HEARTS, Tim’s ProSkateShots’ pictures Weissensee-TalentTrofee2010, and Daniel Yeow-’s most recent entry Introducing….
I’ve got a very busy weekend ahead of me, which will include;
…see my friend later tonight & play Wii- I will destroy Morgane & Gero
…train on Saturday morning
…meeting for a marathon on Saturday afternoon
…train on Saturday evening
…update SSW at some point on Saturday
…skate on Sunday morning
…supervise & direct a choir of 100 children who’ll sing the Canadian National Anthem at the O.H.L. game
Stephen Colbert has been a huge advocate this year for the Winter Olympics. His show is the official sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team and in a recurring bit over the last few months Colbert has tried to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team in a variety of different events. From luge to curling, Colbert has been trying in every way possible to make the Olympic team, in hilarious fashion.
The reality of preparing for the Olympics means missing some of the best moments leading into the Games. In fact, I’ve only been to one opening ceremony in my Olympic life. That life spans four rounds, thus far. What I’ve always done, however, is live moments like these through the people experiencing them.
Here are some of the latest long track speed skating relate links to surface over the last few days;
On the topic of who should be the final torchbearer during Feb. 12 opening ceremonies, speed skater Clara Hughes didn’t hesistate for a second when asked her pick.
“Gaetan Boucher,” she said, naming the speed skating great who inspired her to take up the sport.
“Because I think outside of Quebec, he’s under appreciated. I know for me and so many of my teammates we saw him skate in ’88 and we saw him not win but we saw him fight to the death and go out there with courage.
i never felt an earthquake, except when i met sara ^^ , but when i was in plane i was thinking would be strange to feel one….and bingo..1st night in obihiro…earthquake 5.0…..juhuuuu.anyway, i was lucky that japan had technology in the building for this. i send good luck to people from haiti that got one too but with much more dramatic consequence. i wish them to get full help from the world.
Here’s a bunch of links to long track speed skating pictures, news, reports, videos, and more. You can use some of these links to dig deeper for more into the respective websites.
Since very near the beginning of the inline-ice program, we have had the help Rogina de Jong. Rogina has been there with the Australian long track team through it all this year, she held their hands when they could barely stand up on skates, she put up with their short attention spans, she travelled across the world with them to all of the World Cup races. And where Des has met her limits, Roach has been there for the athletes providing valuable advice on ice skating technique among many other things. Rogina is a level 3 trainer for ice and inline skating and is currently going for her level 4, but that is not all there is to her. We show you a little more…
On Sunday, 27 December 2009, the Christmas days were over and I headed up north for the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Thialf Heerenveen. This was it. The Netherlands have so many great skaters, each and every one of them, belongs to the top of Speed Skating world, but only having 3 or 4 spots per distance and 10 spots for the whole team, it would be a massacre.
Here are numerous blog entries that I have found for you
ROLLER BLOGS & MORE
When you’re training at a top level in skating, it requires that you push yourself above and well beyond the level of comfort; you are physically required to break your muscles down to build them stronger and more tolerant. This, in turn, will cause you to temporarily go backwards in terms of speed, strength, and endurance, which is completely normal and sometimes this breakdown period lasts a long time- it does not mean you’re over training. I’ve been around some of the best olympians in the world and after observing their training habits, im confident that term “over training” is commonly misused; what you really mean to say is you’re sick of being outside of your comfort zone. Every time i come back from being off for a long period of time, i put myself through hell to get back in the condition i was in before… sometimes i go weeks at a time getting beat by people i know i can smash, which drives me up a damn wall, but i know its what i have to do. The point is this, when you’re hurtin so bad you cant see straight and you think it’s because you’re over training, bight the bullet and ride it out, you wont regret it.
As excited as I am right now, having just qualified to race in my first Olympic Games, I have to be honest when I say that my race yesterday was not perfect. Don’t get me wrong, I’m NOT complaining about how I finished, or about the fact that my first Olympic Games will be at home. That is pretty incredible. All I’m saying is that there were a few things that could have gone a lot better during my race.
This whole experience has made me ask some tough questions because I now feel a void inside me. I’ve worked so hard over the last few years to try and achieve this goal and it was over before I knew it.
Denny Morrison will be packing at least three pairs of skates for the Olympics – you can never be too prepared – but there’s something else the Canadian speed skater wants to take with him to Vancouver: his brother.For the past few years, Denny and his older brother Jay Morrison have had their sights set on competing for Canada as a brother tandem. The speed skating Morrisons of Fort St. John, B.C., don’t lack for drive or talent, but they are now facing an unexpected glitch in their master plan.
So here’s the news, back in July I got an unusual call from the City of Medicine Hat. Unusual in the sense that I never get a call from the City of Medicine Hat. Turns out, they submitted my name to be a torch bearer in Medicine Hat this coming January 16th! But wait a minute that’s not all, I will be the final torch bearer that evening and will be lighting the cauldron in Medicine Hat. The Olypmic flame will be staying there over night.
A commission is being asked to look into the allegations that some people in Gretha Smit’s circles, including Ingrid Paul, offered Poldand’s Katarzyna Wojcicka 50-thousand euros to not skate at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
OSSA would like to apologize for the ongoing difficulties with our website. Most of it has been corrected, but we are still having some issues with the calendar. We are posting event registration and information forms on the main page of the site until we are confident that the calendar is working properly. The forms for Western Regional #4 and the Long Track Camp in Ottawa on January 2nd are there now.
There have been a few inquiries of the Technical Committee as to “alternate” meets that might be used as ranking meets in the event that both LT meets in Ontario were unfortunately weathered-out. It is very important to note that in the last 8 years we have never had both Ottawa and SSM cancelled totally. We have always been able to pick a team for Canadians based on the races we have accomplished.
However, for those athletes who would like to participate in other meets that would be considered in the event that the Ontario meets are weathered-out, the Technical Committee would take into account results from the Ste. Foy meet that is scheduled for the 19th of December. It is a one-day meet and the registration deadline is Dec 9th. The registration form is at www.fpvq.org on the left side board with the competition registrations. Please share this information with any of your athletes and their parents who are, or may be, interested in Long Track this season. Please note, this information was originally sent out December 3rd.
CALGARY – Jeremy Wotherspoon is planning to step away from speed skating once the current season ends.
The long-track star from Red Deer, Alta., widely considered the greatest sprinter of all time, made the revelation Sunday, several hours after making more progress in his comeback from the broken left arm he suffered last year.
Nearly 25 years of racing at various levels – 15 of them with the national team – have taken their toll on his 33-year-old body, and he figures with the Olympics in Vancouver coming up, the right time to move on is approaching.
«J’ai 25 ans, je vis de ma passion, mon seul patron c’est moi-même. J’ai fait le tour du monde et je vais bientôt participer aux Jeux Olympiques, donc réaliser un rêve vieux de plus de 20 ans. Je ne crois pas que ce soit là de bien gros sacrifices. Patiner, m’entraîner et gagner des courses c’est ma passion. Je ne fais pas de sacrifices dans ma vie, je prends de bonnes décisions et je suis assez discipliné pour réussir à atteindre mes objectifs et mes rêves», dit-il.
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