2016 World Freestyle Skating Championships: Back to Asia With the 10th Edition

Presentation of the Event

Disciplines

The WFSC (World Freestyle Skating Championships) hosts the following disciplines:

• Speed Slalom (Friday)
• Classic Freestyle Slalom (Saturday)
• Pair Freestyle Slalom (Saturday)
• Battle Freestyle Slalom (Sunday)
• Freejump (Monday)
• Battle Freestyle Slide (Monday)

Schedule

Check out the full schedule of the event HERE. This page will be gradually updated with new articles, results, photos and videos of the event.

Location of the Event

The Worlds take place in the west of Bankok, within the indoor Stadium of Huamark. Build 50 years ago, in 1966, for the 5th edition of the Asian Games, it is a 15.000-seat location, equiped with a surface suitable for competitive skating.

Competitors

The leading countries of the discipline, according to the October world ranking, are especially Russia, Italy and France. In total, nearly 180 skaters, coming from 23 different countries and 3 different continents (Europe, Asia and Oceania), take part in those Worlds of Inline Freestyle Skating.
The most represented coutries, in participant number, are: Russia (18), Thailand (18 – hosting country), Chinese Taipei (17), China (15), France (14), Hong Kong (12), Iran (11) as well as Italy (10).

Yet, let’s mention that China also has a good number of world titles and is eagerly awaited. The hosting country is far from being outdone too: remember the great feat of Thai Kanchanok Sawangsri who qualified for the Battle Final last year.
The 12 other Asian countries present for the event may also have surprises in store…

First Steps

On Thursday, November 17th, official 2-hour training time slots per 40 skaters had been scheduled for the competitors to get used to the competition surface.

The kick-off will be given on Friday morning with the Speed Slalom competition!

Useful Links

Visit our page on the 2016 World Championship of Inline Freestyle Skating