Just as in short track speed skating, the long track World Championships are taking place this weekend. The World Championships mark the end of the Olympic season, along with the undulating emotions that come with such a season.

Here’s some of the more recent long track speed skating news to surface on the internet.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Photo from Coen Wesselman

• Results- Essent ISU World Allround Championships
• WK Allround 2010 Heerenveen
• Shane Dobbin- WK All-Round in Heerenveen
• Video- 1.500: Kramer vs Kuck
• WK: Sjichova wint 500 meter
• Lucas Makowsky Ninth After Two Events
• Kramer pour Kramer
• Updates from Yekaterina Lobysheva
• Prediction W.Ch.
• Kramer: IJs om te janken
• WK allround: Kramer grijpt de macht
• NOS videos
• Links you can use [NOS] [SkatingOnline] [Telegraaf] [1aSport.de] [NUsport] [KNSB Top Sport] [SchaatsENZO] [Schaatsen.Blog.nl]

MISC

Speedskating is such a brutally difficult sport, if you are not making clear progress, it can leave a bad taste in your mouth.

Photo from Andrew Love

When I went to the line and my name was announced, the crowd went crazy. I started the race and all I was thinking to myself was ‘keep it light and keep a good tempo’. I’ve had a couple of 5ks where I started too slow or where I was a little too static. But this was the Olympics – I wasn’t going to make that mistake! Instead, I started a little too hard haha. Whether it was the adrenaline pumping through my body or the cheers from the crowd that got me going, I was off the line in a hurry.

• Andrew Love- Season’s End
• Lucasmakowsky- Olympic recap 3 – My first Olympic race
• Results- SpeedskatingResults.com [2010 Intact Olympic Oval Finale]
• March Madness
• Pictures- PieterJan van Eck
• Video- March Pre Finale Update
• Alexandra Ianculescu- Sponsorship 2010-2011. Yikes..
• Vote for Denny Morrison for the Sport BC Annual Athlete of the Year Awards
• Junior World Championship Video Report – with a twist of humour
• Men on Ice- Aus, Schluss und vorbei…
• Videos- KNSB.tv

Photo from Tims ProSkateShots