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| [V.09] More World News ....V.09 includes,
Italian and Portuguese Championships, Luca D'Alisera's Triple Axel
triumph, Australian Inliner's, U.S Nationals round up, Italian Team,
Freeleg positions in jumps... and lots
more.. |
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Upated: October 23, 2007 |
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EXCLUSIVE to FIHP: SEE
LUCA D'ALISERA'S TRIPLE AXEL
HERE.. |
| 2002
U.S Nationals: 'Wrap Up!!'
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Whilst
the Nationals may not be 'wrapped up', I couldn't help but
notice when looking through some media shots one common factor
amongst many of the freeskaters who were photographed... and that
was a consistently HIGH freeleg during rotation, very
uncommon in Europe and many parts of Australia, but it seems to be a
technique either taught or adopted in the states.. Actually, there
have been some brilliant skaters with high freeleg positions, and
they did it well and it didn't detract from their items, eg: Scott
Cohen, Heath Medeiros, Eric Anderson.. they were all fantastic.
Though in these examples the skaters freelegs all seem to accentuate
the position. I would really appreciate peoples thoughts on this
topic if you are a coach or skater, write me.. (here).
For me, its not something I would ever teach or encourage,
especially when you look at all the top ice skaters, a high wrap is
almost unheard of.. but anyway, its certainly each to their own. These
images are not displayed to offend, they are simply examples of
freeleg positions by coincidence.
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| 2002
U.S Nationals: Update 4
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 Aubrey
Orcutt, Redwood Cal. has won the Open Inline Women's division
and will represent the US in both inline and Junior Pairs. Kimberly
Mazzuca, Seabrook Maryland, has taken 2nd in the field of six.
Tracey Wilson and Jason Nelson have both taken the World Class
Figure event titles out and David Jacques has made the No.3 position
in Mens figures. This could well be the first combined male skater
from the US in years if David is successful in making the team for
freestyle as he has done in the past years. Team Elite from Ohio has
won the Precision event and I'm sure they'll get set for worlds, Team
In-sync in second.
There
are some great articles written up on the Journalstar.com site,
including one with Aubrey
Orcutt. They have also updated their results
& stories (scroll down page) in html (not .pdf). There are a number of good
interviews and worth the read.
If any skaters from the
US would like to submit images or news, PLEASE do so.. here. For results to date
at the championships, visit US Roller Sports here. |
| 2002
Italian Team that will dominate in Germany.. |
 The
2002 Italian Team has been unveiled. And the surprise
inclusion is the boy who has been mentioned on this site a few times
over the past year, Roberto
Riva (pictured left). Roberto has been selected to compete
in the combined event in Junior along with Andrea
Barbieri for FS and Stefano Crescenzi for Figs. Not
too many other surprises though, the Team is outstanding and
includes likely winners of each event! To view
the entire Italian World Team, go here
courtesy of FIHP. To view the Italian Team for Europeans,
go here |
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SoniaTraversa
Junior FS |
Gabriele
& Luca No1. Team |
Erika
Colaceci Senior Ladies FS |
Pizzi
& Grossi Senior Dance No.1 |
Nardo
& Barbieri Jun Pairs No.1 |
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| 2002
U.S Nationals: Update 3
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 Inline
events at this years US Nationals look like they are almost done
with only the Women's final to be skated. In the Open divsion (from
what I can gather, is the International event) the top 3 Men are; 1.
Sean Arisco, Pittsburg, Calif., 2. Scott Meredith,
Seabrook, Md. & 3. Benjamin Suber, Mesa, Arizona. The top
2 competitors will be eligable to compete at theWorld Inline
Championships in Wuppertal. Other inline events seemed to have high
numbers, especially in the Elementary Girls division where the top 3
went to; 1. Saralyn Maurer, Lynwood,Ill. 2. Shauna
McCullough, Orange, Calif. & 3. Stefani Andrews,
Orange, Calif. . If any skaters from the
US would like to submit images or news, PLEASE do so.. here. For results to date
at the championships, visit US Roller Sports here.
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| Flying
leap for Inline in Australia!!... |
| Having just received these
photos in the mail today, I thought I would share them with you!
They were all taken at the recent Australian Roller Sports
Championships in Adelaide. These are only a few of the skaters who
participated on Inline, though they are the only freeskaters from
the championships. They are from left to right: Nadia Zacharia,
Jaymie Summers, Kelly Zacharia, Donna Marshall and myself.
The girls below were all selected to represent below at the 2003
Oceania Championships for Inline. |
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| Long
program: rollerboy |
Long
prog end. |
Inline
freeskaters |
and
the winner is... |
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| The
big push for the Olympic Games... could Inline be the gateway?? |
 "CHAMPIONSHIP
ICE SKATERS ROSANNA TOVI AND ANDREI BANNIKOV TAKE THE ART AND ATHLETICISM
OF FIGURE SKATING AND TRANSFER THE MOTION TO SPECIAL ROLLERBLADES"
"One
of the top skating pairs in the world today" - SHOWBIZ WEEKLY
News on the web indicates that a move for Inline
figure skating to be included at Olympic level is on the
increase. As many ice-skaters lean toward off ice training to inline
skates, the awareness of the art increases. This may well be the
biggest step forward for Roller sports in history. More news soon.
"Figure skating on in-line blades is
the wave of the future, and has just been added to World
competition. Motions are in place to have artistic in-line skating
added to the Summer Olympics". Visit Rosanna's
& Andrei's site here. |
| Nike
& USA Roller Sports team up in Central Park NYC...for Skate Week |
| Nike and USA
Roller Sports are dedicated to the advancement of roller sports
as a healthy form of exercise and competition, and commends the
athletes who have worked tirelessly to promote in-line skating as an
international competitive sport. On
Saturday, August 10 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m, all USARS
athletes, coaches, officials and clubs as well as skaters of all
levels are also invited to Wollman rink
in Central Park for a free in-line clinic and public skate with the
Olympians. USARS Speed Skaters Chad Hedrick and Julie Glass
and in-line hockey world team member, Ziggy
Marszalek will also be featured at the
clinic and public skate. [more
news here]. |
| 2002
U.S Nationals: Update 2
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|
 US
Nationals are well under way, actually almost complete! Its Day
6 of competition now and news has been rather scarce!. Lindsey
Mann (pictured) takes the No.1 spot this year in the Junior
World Class singles and confirms her spot on the world team for
Germany while Rachel Leone comes in 2nd with Aubrey Orcutt
in 3rd (no news on whether or not she competed on Inline for a spot
on the US Team). Kyle Turley, again makes a clean sweap of
events, winning Junior World Class Mens Figures, Dance
and Pairs! Bryan Kuhn and Benjamin Reeves take
out the top two for the Junior Mens. The Senior World Class events
should be listed in Day 7 and 8 of the results over the next day or
so. If any skaters from the
US would like to submit images or news, PLEASE do so.. here. For results to date
at the championships, visit US Roller Sports here.
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| 2002
U.S Nationals: Update
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Pershing
Auditorium, Lincoln; Home of the 2002 US National Figure skating
Championships. Over ten days the championships will include a host
of inline and roller events. The meet officially started three days
ago and results are already starting to appear on the US Roller
Sports site. Highlight events, inlcuding World Class Pairs, dance,
mens and Ladies singles are toward the end of the week. Details of
the championships will be found here soon. If any skaters from the
US would like to submit images or news, PLEASE do so.. here. For results to date
at the championships, visit US Roller Sports here. |
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EXCLUSIVE to FIHP: SEE
LUCA D'ALISERA'S TRIPLE AXEL
HERE.. |
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 FIHP have
exclusively put on their site the amazing triple axel jump that was
performed by Luca D'Alisera at the recent Italian
Championships. See it here in all it's
glory.
Gabriele Quirini (coach of
D'Alisera) on Luca's triple axel: "I am very happy, Luca is the
first to make this jump in competition (regionals in june) and it
was perfect. To think that it is my skater who has made history
makes me very proud".
Simply press [here]
to watch. Right click and 'save target as' to save to your pc.
[924k]
mpeg
courtesy of FIHP.
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Laura, in Italy: sitting back and enjoying the excitement of
it all.. |
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Heres an exclusive report live from the Italian championships
from my good friend Laura (thanks).
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It seems all eyes were on 19yr old Tania Romano
during the ladies free. Her strength propelled her
straight to the No.1 position in the short and could not be
dislodged even after a outstanding performance from Alice
Baldan, who bulleted from 13th in the short to 2nd in the
final. An amazing achievement, also winning her the silver
medal in combine. In order of skating for the event of
the night, the Men's long program, Luca D'Alisera lead
off the group, and in what better style, than by opening with
a TRIPLE AXEL, the crowd erupted and could not contain their
excitement. Luca
D'Alisera performed his long program
from 2001 (Maxime Rodriguez - The Devil and The Angel)
and after a short but strong and fast opening sequence of
steps, out comes the triple axel, perfectly performed.
Following that, Luca executed without fault, a triple loop,
triple lutz-loop-triple loop comb, triple flip, triple salchow
and some amazing spins. The performance was faultless until
then end when he tripped during some steps and did a
'cartwheel' without falling, which apparently the crowd LOVED!
At the completion of his 4mins, there was a standing ovation,
the crowd was screaming, 'Luca, Luca' and he received 10.0 for
the A + B mark from two judges.
Davide Profita, 19yrs, shows all the promise a
future star. Profita did not complete a triple loop in
the competition but he did skate well enough to rank 4th.
Fantastic performances and certainly a great effort following
Luca. Leonardo Pancani, consistently a good
performer, skated well. Pancani's long program also had
a great triple loop jump in it and skated a good long program.
Mirko Pontello's short program was great apparently but
had a few troubles in the long arriving in 5th. Former World
Champion, and favourite for the title, Luca Lallai,
also performing his long program from 2001, skated last.
In the warm up he had done many great triple axel jumps also,
like D'Alisera, but come crunch time, unfortunately,
Lallai's attempt was not successful. There were some
other faults on other jump items in the program also which
only permitted him 2nd. Lallai should never be
dismissed though, he has experience and determination, he has
the big items too and will be determined as hell to win again
this year in Germany. The battle will continue.
In the pairs competition: everyone expected Patrick
and Beatrice to be in first place, and they were almost
positive 2nd place belonged to Marika Zanforlin-Federico
Degli Esposti. The real battle was for the 3rd place:
after the short program Michela Ermeti-Enrico Fabbri
were 3rd, Laura Marzocchini-Ivan Baldacci (a great
return!) were 4th and Carlotta Casadei-Lorenzo Ronci
were 5th. After the long program Carlotta&Lorenzo
skated fantastic and moved straight to 3rd.
Ermeti-Fabbri 4th and Marzocchini-Baldacci
5th. [Visit FIHP to keep up
to date..]
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| 2002
Italian Championships: Update 4 |
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LUCA D'ALISERA IS KING.. with an AMAZING TRIPLE
AXEL... |
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 Luca D'Alisera is King
- it's Official. Last nights showdown between the two Luca's not
only saw D'Alisera dethrone 3x World Champion Luca Lallai,
but he also performed his now very famous Triple Axel jump in
the long program. Undoubtedly the tension in the air must have been
thick as mud in the stadium as he was stepping in to the jump, so I
can just imagine the Italians roar when he landed it! Wow, I can't
wait to see this for myself in Germany!! Lallai in second position,
Leonardo Pancani 3rd, Davide Profita 4th and Mirko
Pontello in 5th. What a championships and I can hardly wait to
hear all the details from my good friend in Italy, Laura, who
was attending the event last night. Visit FIHP to keep up to
date.. [Pictured: King on wheels, Luca
D'Alisera] More images of the mens event
soon!
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| Patrick
& Beatrice |
Mens
Figures |
Mens
Figures 2,1,3 |
Lorenzo
& Carlotta |
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| Patrick,
Sarah, Beatrice, Christina & Sandro |
The
crowd goes wild! |
Patrick,
Sandro, Antonio & Gabriele celebrate |
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Carlotta, Christina, Lorenzo & Sandro |
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| Marco
and Emanuella |
Beatrice
& Patrick, |
Christina and team |
Roll-Line
display |
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images courtesy FIHP: Images by Fabio
Signorini | |
| 2002
Italian Championships: Update 3
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 Patrick &
Beatrice take out their event in fine form. They will go on to
compete at the World Championships in an effort to win their 11th
World Title. Patrick and Beatrice are truly the two most spectacular
athletes Rollersports has ever produced. They are like the Torvil
& Dean of our sport x 3. Visit FIHP to keep up to date.. [Pictured: Title winners and champs Patrick and
Beatrice, the worlds best]
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| 2002
Italian Championships: Update 2
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 Luca Lallai is proving yet again to be
the strongest male in the world on wheels. Lallai topped the
short program last night in Rimini (96.1) with D'Alisera
in 2nd (95.1).. Leonardo
Pancani 3rd (1st in Figures), Pietro
Mazzetti in 4th of the 16 males conetesting. Third place
will be quite the battle as the two Luca's fight it out for No.1
tonight in what will be the highlight of the Championships.
Pizzi & Grossi lead after compulsories with Bornati &
Bornati closely in 2nd. In the ladies, proving she will be
back on the world scene after an absence since 1999, Tania
Romano, after a German Cup strong hold, is back and in pole
position after the ladies short program. Erika
Colaceci is sitting in 3rd whilst Grazia Corradetti
pulls in to 2nd. Two BIG surprises, the absence of Christina
Bartolozzi from the event after a great run of Top 10s at
World Level & a win in 1995 & former World Champion 2000,
Alice
Baldan, is sitting in 13th. There will certainly be some
changes in teh long program, as usual, but how far up can
Baldan move to make it on the Italian Team? Visit FIHP to keep up to
date.. [Pictured: Tania Romano, short prog.
leader]
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| REMINDER Notice: 2002 Australian Team Members
for Wuppertal | Germany.. |
| In
an effort to promote our Athletes | Coaches | Management, profiles for every member of
the World Team will be located on this site soon. Please follow the
link, if you have not already found the page, to complete the
details. The form is to be completed at your discretion. This will
save a lot of time and effort and sending out paper formats. If you
have any digital images, please feel free to send them also as they
will assist in building your profile and promoting you. If you have
any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please go here.
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| 2002 European
Championships... |
 It's great to see web sites
opening up for each championships these days. Its really good to
see. And the latest of the new sites is for the 2002 European
Championships that will run pre World Championships. Held in
Vigo, a beautiful area, just see the site and check out the images..
wow! You can expect a great championships here though Italy will not
send their big guns this close to worlds, runners up to the world
team will be sent in for the assault. A great event to keep an eye
on. [here]. |
| 2002
Italian Championships: Update 1
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| The
Junior events of the Championships are now complete and Senior is
under way. The figures were skated yesterday. Leonardo
Pancani in 1st, Daniel Tofani in 2nd whilst Luca
D'Alisera in 13th, though this isn't to say Luca will not be at
worlds to compete the combined event. Profita, Capacci and
Mazzetti all round up the top 5. In the ladies figures,
Elisa Facciotti in 2nd whilst Christina
Guiliananini wins the event of 31 competitors. The freeskating
events will start in the next day or so. NEWS: Patrick &
Beatrice are on the competition trail yet again. They are
leading the short program of seven teams. Great news.. Visit FIHP to keep up to
date.. |
| 2003 Australian Champs | Grades
requirements.. |
| Following the Aust. Championships requirements meetings, all
grades and new requirements have been updated/amended. Visit the
Roller Sports Victoria site to download the 15page document [here]. |
| 2002
Italian Championships
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| The
results will soon be starting to flood in.. The championships are up
and running and it wont be long now before we learn of who will be
first to make a triple axel or quad jump at the National meet. Stay
tuned. Visit FIHP
to keep up to date.. |
| National Titles in Portugal hit the 40° mark... and it gets
hotter! |
 The Championships of
Portugal took place over the last week and boy was it hot
there! Over 40° and climbing! Regardless of the extreme heat (as per
summer in Portugal) the skaters certainly pulled out all stops for
some breathtaking performances. Our featured 'Athlete of the future'
earlier in the year, Bruno Novais, won the National Senior title
after holding second position in the short. Spectacular showings
from Liliana Andrade (choreography by Gabriele
Quirini) and Diana Ribeiro were also crowd pleasers.
Junior champion, Manuel Magalhaes took out the Junior event
and will be shining at the Junior World meet. A
full report on the Portuguese Nationals will be found here very
soon! |
| Inline enticing the big guns of Australian
skating.. |
 Since the Australian Roller
Sports Championships there has been a massive surge in the interest
in Inline figure skating here.. I'm hoping that similar
interest will be sparked world wide after the inclusion at this
years World Championships in September. Custom V1 Frames are in demand and will
dominate the market by the year end. Tammy Bryant has been so eager to put her
feet back in skates she hired some street blades and was reportedly
doing double loops in them (street skates!!), so look out world when
she gets a proper pair! Kristen
Slade, Sarah Jane
Jones (just received hers!) & Lauren
Backrack are just a few who are lining up for a pair of V1 Inlines.. We can't wait for what's to
come! |
| 2002
Italian Championships
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 The National Championships of
Championships, the Italian Championships, are only just around
the corner, and what a fine competition it looks set to be. The
first major upset is that 2001 World Combined Champion and
Figures Champion, Elisa
Facciotti, has been involved in an unfortunate accident and
will only compete in the figure event. The battle in the women's
free will be between Erica
Colaceci, Tanja
Romano & Alice
Baldan. All consistently strong with triple jumps included
perfect triple lutz and flip jumps by Romano.
Round 2 of the LucaD vs
LucaL battle, this time, both armed with triple
axel jumps and a highly rumoured QUAD TOE LOOP. So it on
everyone's lips as to what items will be performed under pressure.
Not out of the question at all though will be, Pietro
Mazzetti, Leonardo
Pancani (had a broken ankle earlier in the year!),
Daniele Tofani & Davide
Profita. Watch soon for more
details. Image: Italian championships in
Rimini - click to enlarge. |
| Who's that
boy?? and
where??? |
| Last year I posted a report about Italian wonder boy
Roberto Riva. I had never heard of him before until I
received a video from Elly Hadgraft in the UK, in which his
performance was highlighted. To this day I have been eager to get in
contact and hopefully interview him before he makes his debut on the
world scene. If anyone has contact with Riva or knows of his trainer
etc. I would appreciated you contacting me here. |
 [previous news]
Italian Youth Skater
Roberto Riva, remember the name - because if you haven't
heard of him yet, YOU WILL.. I have just watched some videos from
the Cadet/Youth European Championships and I have to say, there
hasn't been anything like him since Luca D'Alisera came on to
the scene. Roberto's performances at the Championships in Slovenia
earned him no less than five 10.0 perfect scores for his long
program, consisting of a magnificent triple lutz, flip, mape,
salchow, & other combinations. His spins are great and his
artistic ability is inspiring. Hopefully in the near future you will
see Roberto featured here on this site... |
| Name: |
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Roberto Riva |
| Club: |
Roll Club
Cornate d'Adda |
| European
Championships |
No.1 - Freestyle - 1999 - 2001 |
| International Ranking: |
No.1 -
Freestyle - 1999 - 2000 Cadet
German Cup -
Freiburg |
| Italian
Championships: |
No.1 Freestyle - 1995
No.1 Freestyle - 1996
No.1
Freestyle - 1997
No.1 Freestyle - 1998
No.1
Freestyle - 1999 Cadet
No.1 Freestyle - 2000 Cadet
No.1
Freestyle - 2001 Youth | |
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