Speed Skating

Ottawa skater takes World Cup at Hamar

By Gary Kingston, Vancouver SunNovember 23, 2009 8:50 AM Kristina Groves knew she was physically ready to start the World Cup long track speed skating season. But her coach, China-born Xiuli Wang, felt Groves couldn't wait to...

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Makowsky earns silver in speed skating

Photograph by: Bendiksby, Terje/AFP/Getty Images, Bendiksby, Terje/AFP/Getty Images HAMAR, Norway — Lucas Makowsky of Regina earned his first career World Cup individual medal, finishing second Saturday in the men’s...

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Management Consultant Helps Andrew Godbout Improve Chances Of Going To Olympic Games

After winning the 2005 Canadian 300-metre inline skating championship, he was invited to try out for the Own the Podium recruitment program, aimed at introducing athletes to long-track speed skating for the 2010 Olympics in...

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Speed skating: Vancouver starts for NZ

Canterbury speed skater Blake Skjellerup has secured two starts for New Zealand at next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Skjellerup has just contested the Olympics' short track speed skating world qualification series in...

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Colbert may be heading north after all

Create a Member Account We'll get you set up with a Globe and Mail account in just a few easy steps! Stephen Colbert may be heading north after all Funnyman sponsor of the U.S. speed skating team says ‘I hope so' when David...

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CAS rejects Pechstein appeal to race

Lausanne, Switzerland - Five-time Olympic speed skating champion Claudia Pechstein will not be able to race on Saturday in Hamar, Norway after an application was turned down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in...

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Speed skating: Germany's Pechstein awaits fate

Canwest News ServiceNovember 19, 2009 5:18 PM Photograph by: Fabrizio Bensch, Reuters German speed skater Claudia Pechstein’s Olympic future will be determined next week. The six-time world champion and five-time Olympic gold...

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Travel Alberta Gives Media a 'Sneak Preview' to The 2010 Winter Games

CALGARY, ALBERTA - All content is available free to media, to enrich their coverage of the upcoming World Cup events taking place in Alberta. In many instances, participating World Cup athletes will be competing for their final...

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Game Review: Deca Sports 2

Wii got another sports game There are enough sports compilation games out there for the Wii, in fact one could say the sheer numbers of them rival the GameCubes lifetime library. Tons of games that deliver a sub par experience...

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Olympic hopefuls Alberta bound

Alberta gets that. Alberta will host seven World Cup events — men’s downhill, women’s downhill, luge, long-track speed skating, freestyle skiing, snowboard and cross-country skiing — in the lead-up to the Vancouver...

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