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Monday, 15 March 2010
This weekend, Jeremy Wotherspoon officially retired from competitive speed skating in Heerenveen, but simultaneously he announced his plans for the near future: Wotherspoon will be taking on the role of head sprint coach at the International Speed Skating Academy that is to open its doors next year in Inzell. Together with Marnix Wieberdink – founder of Sport Navigator.NL – Wotherspoon started this project, that will enable speed skaters from various countries to train together in Inzell. Wotherspoon: “This is a chance for me to give something back to the sport that has been so good for me, and it’s also going to be a big challenge but that’s just another reason to be excited.” Read more on Sport Navigator.NL.
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Feature story
Countdown to Vancouver: Lucas Makowsky
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
So far, it has been a great season for Lucas Makowsky. He raced to his first individual World Cup medal, in the 1500m in Hamar, after which he went on to qualify for the Olympic 1500m and 5000m by finishing first in both distances at the Canadian Single Distances Championships/Olympic Trials in Calgary. On top of that, he continuously managed to improve his personal best times in the 1500m as well as the 5000m over the past few months. With the Olympics just around the corner, Makowsky talks about his season so far and reflects on how he is looking forward to what will be his first Olympic Games.
Olympic gallery
Sunday, 31 January 2010
This week's video shows a TSN special about speedskater Clara Hughes, who has been named the flag-bearer for Canada's Olympic team. She will lead the procession of athletes and officials into B-C Place during the Feb. 12 opening ceremonies.
On Saturday 13 February 2010, the Olympic long track speed skating events will kick off in Richmond with the men’s 5000m. Will Chad Hedrick successfully defend his Olympic title or will Sven Kramer or someone else climb on the highest step of the Olympic podium?
To count down to this day, Speedskating-online is happy to present the Olympic Gallery . Every week we will post a new Olympic video, like Dan Jansen’s gold medal race in Hamar, Italy’s gold medal in the Team Pursuit in Torino, and Johann-Olav Koss’ amazing 13.30.55 during the Winter Games in Lillehammer. So stay tuned and don’t miss it!
Spot news
Check out our spot news, stories written by people involved in speed skating in one way or another on subjects that don’t necessarily have a direct link to speed skating.
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Our latest spot news entry is written by Canadian speed skater Anestasia Bucsis.
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