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Friday, 18 April 2008

 

Maren Haugli, Sverre Haugli, Mikael Flygind Larsen and Dag Erik Kleven have resigned from the Norwegian team coached by Peter Mueller. No reasons for the resignation were given, but a couple of days ago Sverre Haugli mentioned in an interview that he would like to take on more responsibility for his own training.

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Good past season for Brittany Schussler

 

Sunday, 15 June 2008

 

 

Brittany Schussler looks back on a breakthrough season. Not only did she compete at her very first World Championships, but she also improved all her personal best times in the individual distances over the past year, became a regular member of the Canadian Team Pursuit team and raced to some very good results at the World Single Distances Championships in Nagano. Consequently, she looks forward to the summer, during which she hopes to lay the foundation of yet another great season.

 

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Go read our ‘Spot news’, news written by people involved in speed skating in one way or the other. It can be you, so if you’re interested in writing about speed skating and you have something to share with the speed skating community, please contact us!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 13 March 2008

Our latest entry is written by Naomi, Dutch speed skating fan.

Previously posted news

Sunday, 9 March 2008 - This weekend, the World Single Distances Championships took place in Nagano, Japan. In the women’s competition Germany was very successful, with three gold medals in the individual distances. On the men’s side it was a tie between Canada and the Netherlands, with both countries winning two gold medals in the individual distances. In the Team Pursuit the gold was for the Dutch men and women. Read more

Click here for more video highlights of the World Single Distances Championships that took place in Nagano!

Thursday, 27 February 2008 - Wanna know what the Canadian women think of the team pursuit? Click here for an interview with Christine Nesbitt, Shannon Rempel and Kristina Groves and some cool video material.

Monday, 25 February 2008 - Last weekend the World Cup Finals in Heerenveen and the World Junior Championships in China took place. See here for reports and results. Click here for video highlights of the World Cup Finals that took place in Heerenveen, 22 - 24 February 2008

 

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