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Loads
of HERO
MESSAGES were sent during the championships - view them here in
full... [READ]
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Nov
28/04 Championships
come to an end.. THE END..
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That's it for
another year... The world meet has come to a close, the competitive
side of it at least. The champions exhibitions will be the last time
the selected athletes will take to the floor in Fresno.. The dinner
party will close the championships and skaters who make up the
selections for the 2005
World Games will be announced..
Don't forget,
Celebrating
the completion of their brand new documentary about artistic roller
skating, 'Figures &
Loops' - Walter &
David, of Boss
Films will be having a special screening of the film on Sunday
the 28th Nov at the Radisson Ballroom at 6:30pm.. Don't miss
it! Below: a few screen caps from the doco..
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SPECIAL
THANKS...
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I would like to
thank the following for contributing to this site throughout the
world meet, including daily updates/results, images and gossip!
Thankyou for making this event come to life on the net.. THANK
YOU!
Raniero Corbelletti for the
fantastic images. www.ranierocorbelletti.com
Everyone at www.driv-rollkunstlauf.de
& www.rollkunstlauf.info
for updated CIPA ordinals, especially Maik, Richie, Marianna, &
Dr. Kayser. And to Kristen Slade and Shelley Haughey for their daily
tit bits!! Thankyou
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Nov
28/04 Luca
crowned King..
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Luca D'Alisera
has retained both of his world rankings for the Men's FS and the
Men's combined event. Both events have only been won in the Men's category
for senior in 1995, 1984 and 1980 in the past
25years. An outstanding weekend's work for Luca. Tanja Romano
also achieved the same fete this week, cementing Italy's strong hold
on most events, including the Dance, Pairs and Freeskating in the
Senior championships. All results & ordinals [here]
Courtesy driv-rollkunstlauf.de
& rollkunstlauf.info
See
5 of the TOP Men's long program FS VIDEOS [here]
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Nov
28/04 Final
results ... Last day of competition
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The last set of
results are yet to be added, however we can confirm that Luca
D'Alisera has won the men's free, Andrea Barbieri 2nd and
Daniel Ariolla 3rd. Marco
Bornati & Monica Coffele
have won the dance..
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Nov
27/04 Three
Quarters of a million... and counting!!
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The hunger for
ROLLER SPORTS is certainly out there - and the hits on this site are
testament.. The hits on this site have now sky rocketed to 750,463
during the world meet.. Only last week I reported a new high of
more than 350,000 but that has since doubled.. The support
here is phenomenal and its great for our sport.. I think we will
crack the 1mill mark by Nov 30..
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Nov
27/04 Supporting
Slade - National wide..
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 Help
celebrate Australia's SILVER MEDAL won by KRISTEN SLADE in
the Inline Ladies figure skating, simply by downloading and printing
the full color promotional poster celebrating her win. It would be
great if all the Artistic clubs around Australia printed at least one
poster each and pinned it on your notice board... thus spreading the
news and showing that our athletes are also competitive amongst the
worlds top rankings.. It's a great way to promote our athletes and the
sport.. To download the PDF of this poster, simply click here..
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Nov
27/04 Day
3 Senior Competition..
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All
results in full for the Ladies Freeskating final and the
long awaited Men's short program.. [here]
Courtesy driv-rollkunstlauf.de
& rollkunstlauf.info
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Nov
27/04 Luca
the greek... takes control..
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Luca D'Alisera has
wowed audiences in Fresno with a spectacular short program and a
perfect score of 10.0, easily holding first place. Luca was not the
only skater to receive a 10.0 on the night, Tanja Romano
proved yet again, she is the best female athlete in the house and
retained her world number one ranking. We are eagerly awaiting full
results.. More soon.
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Nov
27/04 Josh
Rhoads set to .... Kill Bill!
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 It
doesn't take much to work out that Josh Rhoads (USA) is
obviously skating to Kill Bill. On the hero board there are
loads of messages for Josh (favorite to many) and some have
included tag line of 'Kill Bill'... undoubtedly, we are in for one
hell of a performance from him, the music from the KB soundtrack is
amazing.. and who better to interpret it, but none other than a
master of impression Mr Rhoads himself.. There are many out there
waiting for 'that day'... when we see you on the podium Josh.. Good
luck J, you can do it... you can Kill Bill!!
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Nov
27/04 Online
Videos direct from Fresno..
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The fantastic ArtisticWorldCup.org
is bringing the world meet to the 'world' with daily updates on
their site. Franco Culcasi is in Fresno with his team and
they are loading videos of performances and interviews to
watch on to the site daily.. AMAZING! Go here to catch the latest
including TANJA ROMANO'S amazing short program.. [here]
Although
its in Italian, just look for the name and click..
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Nov
26/04 Romano
takes the lead..
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Tanja Romano
(Italy) has taken a grand lead in the ladies short program ahead of
Junior World champ 2003, Noemi
Coronel of Argentina. The top ten is full of big
names including Laura Sanchez, Patricia
Stolzenberg, Sonia
Traversa (3rd), Melissa
Linsalata and Nina
Zollner to name a few. The long program will prove
equally as exciting.
Earlier in the day, Frank Albiez (Germany) won the mens figure event
ahead of Pietro Mazzetti of Italy and Daniel Muller,
also of Germany. Luca D'Alisera finished in a very strong 6th
position which lines him up perfectly for the combined medal if he
is to win the freestyle, again.. More results from Day 2 of
the Senior meet [here]
Courtesy driv-rollkunstlauf.de
& rollkunstlauf.info
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Nov
26/04 Day
2 Senior Competition..
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All
results in full for the Dance first round, the Pairs final
competition and also the Men's figures.. [here]
Courtesy driv-rollkunstlauf.de
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Nov
26/04 Senior
Ladies - Australian..
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I don't have the
full results in (as yet) for the Ladies short program, but I can
confirm the following placings so far: Lisa Curits 17th,
Lauren Backrack 18th, and Purdy Rawlison is in 23rd
position. The girls will skate their long in two days.
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Nov
25/04 Day
1 Senior Competition..
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Gold & Silver
for Germany in the Ladies figures, while USA takes the bronze. Italy
are 1 & 2 in the pairs short program with USA in third. All
results in full... [here]
Courtesy
rollkunstlauf.info
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Nov
25/04 New
high for hits..
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Yesterday marked a
new peak in visitors to this site in ONE DAY - reaching 68,976
hits by the end of the day.. Cheers!!!
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Nov
25/04 SENIORS
UP AND RUNNING..
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The senior
events are up and running and the results from the Ladies figures
will be found here shortly. For a complete round of the Junior /
Inline / Precision and Show event - please go... [here]
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WEEK 1
wrapped up.. For all the news from week 01 be sure to
visit
here
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Nov
24/04 Image
updates..
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More
images - straight
from Fresno! An all Australian celebration plus more..
[here]
Courtesy
Raniero
Corbelletti
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Nov
24/04 SkateLog.com
update
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Kathie
Fry from Skatelog.com has been in Fresno and the updates and
images on her site are outstanding.. [here]
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Nov
23/04 Celebrating
Slade..
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 Congratulations
to KRISTEN SLADE, Australia's newest WORLD SILVER MEDALLIST.
Kristen is no stranger to the world scene, having ranked amongst the
Top 5 on four occasions since 1995 in the Junior world rankings for
roller. Her passion for the sport never ceased and in 2003 she
embarked on a mission to take the world by storm on Inline - in 2004
it was realized, and with a world NO.2 ranking.. Excellent work Kris -
Australia salutes you... and that is LONG OVERDUE!! [See
pics here]
Courtesy
Raniero
Corbelletti
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Nov
23/04 Seniors
take to the floor...
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The
much loved and admired Senior athletes take to the floor today, in
what promises to be an exciting week of competition. Two days of
training and then the competition kicks off. The anticipation, the
favorites, the excitement - Luca D'Alisera, Andrea Barbieri, Josh
Rhoads, Tanja Romano, Laura Sanches, Daniel Arriola, Noemi
Coronel, Manuel
Magalhaes, Frank
Albiez,
Bornati & Coffele,
Demata & Del Grosso, Esposti
& Zanforlin, Aubrey
Orcutt, Sonia
Traversa, Pietro
Mazzetti ... and many more... GOOD LUCK!!!
You'll find it all... [here]
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