Hellen Montoya set a new 500m sprint World Record in Kaohsiung (Chinese Taipei)

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FIRS sent us a press release about the official results of the 2015 World Speed Skating Championships held in Kaohsiung (Chinese Taipei). Hellen Montoya, belonging to the Federación Colombiana de Patinaje, set a new World Record during the quarterfinal series of the 500 m Sprint competition. Having performed all necessary procedures, the Speed Skating Technical … Continued

Recap of the 2015 Worlds of Speed Skating

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The 2015 edition of the World Championships of Speed Skating came to an end last Sunday in the streets of Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. 41 national delegations made the trip for the event. Let’s compare the results of 2014 and 2015…

2015 Worlds of Speed Skating: 2nd Day on Road – Long Distance Races

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Same formats, but in reverse order for this second day of competition on road at the 2015 worlds of speed skating. This time it’s the juniors’ turn to skate the elimination race and the seniors’ to skate the point/elimination race…

100 m on skates: Close to track and field times?

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100 m skating races were introduced to give a more attractive dimension to the discipline, in order for novices to understand the proceedings of the race, but also to make comparisons with track and field. Let’s have a look at the times…

2015 Worlds of Speed Skating : The relays, last races on track

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The last day on the Track of Kaohsiung at the 2015 World Championship of Speed Skating saw the Koreans win 3 races out of 4. The last team title goes to Chinese Taipei. A great success for Asia…