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News
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| Sep
15/03 Mazzoni
makes his mark & Albiez strikes 10 |
 The
2003 European Championships, Gold medallist, as pictured
below, produced some exceptional performances that will leave other
countries having to wait until the World meet before we get to see
them once again, LIVE IN ACTION... Mauro Mazzoni, impressively
stamping his return with a gold medal performance, though it was Frank
Albiez, Germany, who held the audience captivated for the
entirety of his performance, earning him a perfect score of 10.0
with his 'Bond' inspired program, choreographed by Sandro Guerra.
Roberto Riva, skater
of the year `02, again proved nothing can stop him with a triple
gold takings, not too mention his combination in the warm up that
left everyone speechless - 3loop-loop-3loop-loop-3loop!!!
And the HOT couple, Andrea Barbieri &
Irene Nardo, blew the competition away with their pairs
win. As speculation continues as to the non appearance of Luca
D'Alisera, we can confirm he is fighting fit and on track to
take on the world, looking in fine form (left) cheering on fellow
team mates as they compete in Trieste..
Image below: collection of photos taken by Globus & Fabio
Signorini [See
more from Trieste
2003] |
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Marking
victory across Europe in 2003 - The Greatest |
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Pinotti/Pinotti,
Frank Albiez, Tanja Romano, Mauro
Mazzoni, Elisa Facciotti, Roberto Riva,
Nardo/Barbieri |
| Sep
14/03 2003
European's a huge success... |
 The
2003 European Championships are now over and word from Sandro
Guerra, was that the competition was great. The official
site for the event proved to be up to date daily even with the web cam
working! The photo gallery is fantastic, check that out. In looking
at the score totals, it appears the events were very tight, with the
exception of Roberto
Riva, who was miles in front, and obviously in spectacular
from. We are still awaiting the final results from the Senior long
programs, but I'm sure that will go up today... [See
more from Trieste
2003] |
| Sep
13/03 Busted...
literally!!!! |
 Timing
and luck would have it... and what timing it is with only 2weeks
until our Nationals championships when I go and BREAK MY WRIST!!!
NOT HAPPY INDEED!! Well, 'them's the breaks' as they say...
and I guess I'll have to get used to this one finger typing, and I
am left handed too so it's even more annoying! This happened last
night at training and I knew straight away it meant I'd most likely
end up in a cast, thankfully I requested a fiberglass one and that
means I'll be back at training in no time, I hope.... Oh well...
J |
| Sep
06/03 Eric
counts down the days.... to Stardom!!! |
 Pictured
left, Eric Traonouez, of France in his final moments on the
hit show, POPSTARS, as his fate is decided by the judges...
and the good news is, ERIC has made the cut of 13 for the final show
down to be televised across France in November. Already Eric is
enjoying the fame of his success to date in the show, unable to walk
down any street without being recognized by avid followers of the
show. The
only thing is, this means Eric will not be competing at the world
meet in Argentina for Inline, (umm, hello - what a decision to make)
which is a damn shame because I've just seen some videos of him doing
wicked triple salchows and double axels.. Never mind, Eric - we
support your decision mate.. Good luck, Go for it - and I'll be spreading the
word for online voting when it comes to the crunch time! This is
great news...
Check out the
French Popstars
site here.. or visit
Eric's site here.. |
| Sep
05/03 2003
European championships - Italia.. |
The
2003 European Championships, held in Trieste - Italy, will
take place from September 8-13. Many of the big names in European
skating will participate in this event as most of the Federations
use the results to ratify their National teams to compete that the
World meets.
A web-cam is also in place on the Official site for the
championships, another positive step forward for our sport as we see
more and more Internet sites appearing for each, and many local,
events staged on the roller sports circuit to keep the loyalist up
to date.. [Trieste
2003] |
| Sep
05/03 Live
web cam direct from the European championships.. |
 Yes,
one could have only hoped that it wouldn't be long before the age of
the Internet and mobile phone technology became a part of our sports
endeavors to bring you up to the minute news and images.. Well, it
is upon us - British skater, Neil Emms, (top 10
Firenze 2001) has a web cam page set up on his very own brilliant
website that will feature shots live from the European championships
in Trieste, Italy. The images will start to appear on the site from
Sept 09. Check it out, its just the beginning... [here] |
| Sep
03/03 Thought
this site was a goner for a minute!! |
| Apologies
for the site not being available over the past week, but believe me,
it's been a scary week! The domain of this site expired on Aug 23
and it was impossible to renew for some reasons. So my worst fears
were that it had been sold from under me and that it would re
surface as some horror porn site or something.. So for a few days
there I was really sweating it out.. Now, we are back and safe for
another year.. Lesson is.. when renewing your domain - pay up for at
least five years and you'll be safe!! |
| Sep
03/03 Italian
INLINE CUP... |
 FIHP
has organized, in collaboration with the Oderzo Skating Club,
from 11-12 October 2003, at the Palasport di Oderzo, the very
first National Trophy for Inline Figure Skating.. Another positive
step towards the development of Inline around the world...
La FIHP organizza in collaborazione
con lo Skating club Oderzo, nei giorni 11 e 12 ottobre 2003, presso
il Palasport di Oderzo, il primo Trofeo nazionale di Pattino in
linea, aperto a tutti i tesserati per tutte le categorie di singolo
(le categorie promozionali verranno inserite per etŕ
rispettivamente nelle categorie effettive). Alla manifestazione
sarŕ presente il Commissario Tecnico Nazionale Sig. Antonio Merlo
For full details, please follow this link |
| Sep
03/03 Australian
Art Nationals Venue and program.. |
| Only
less than four weeks until the Aust. National Art Championships. The
program is available at the Skate
Australia site and also at DjNige.com
At Nigel's site there is a load of images of the venue, and while it
looks like a bit of a dump at the moment, you'll see after a bit of
work, they'll do it up quite fine and it will make for a great venue
with a good atmosphere as there will be smaller amount of
seating!! |
| Aug
17/03 Put
yourself to the test... |
 If
you think you have what it takes to take the real test, then the
Spanish Federation is putting you up to it. On their site there is a
series of tests, all 'skating' trivial pursuit so to speak. Although
the test is in Spanish its not too hard to make out the correct
answers. All questions are T/F.. Give it a go here... To
the test Note:
Verdadero
= True, Enviar = Enter |
| Aug
25/03 Top
Dance team call it a day.. |
| Recently
I wrote of the sadness many will endure this year at the
announcement the retirement of athletes who will not be present at
the 2003 World meet, including Patrick & Beatrice and
Luca Lallai, all current champions. To add to this, former
Champions and current World Dance No.3, Soledad Martinez Duran
& Pedro Moreno Vazquez, of Spain, will also be included in
that list. It is hoped that the pair will return again at some later
stage after a break from the sport.. Below are a few images to pay
tribute.. |
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| Aug
17/03 Skaterboi
goes POP!! |
 Earlier
in the year I wrote about Eric Traonouez and his involvement
in the French TV show, Star Academy... Well, its all
lights-cameras-action yet again with the all new POPSTARS
hitting the screens and guess who's made it down to the final 20..
yes ERIC!! While at this moment Eric is training Inline,
he'll be out there strutting his stuff, singing & dancing, over
the next weeks in an effort to break the Top 5 and then go on to WIN
the show and become a massive star throughout France.. Good luck
Eric.. We are all out there voting for you!! Good Luck!! Visit
Erics site here |
| Aug
17/03 Skater
left to wonder... |
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 Portuguese
skater Bruno Novais, of the Ginásio Clube de Odivelas club,
has been left slightly bewildered post the 2003 National
championships held in Seixal in which Bruno placed 2nd
behind Manuel Magalhăes in the Senior men's event.. In
selecting the team for the European championships, skaters competing
in the Junior and Senior divisions were requested to again perform
informally at a training session in Lisbon following the meet, where
the selector would view the skaters and make the selection of the
team.. A short time later, skaters were required to log on to the internet
at the Federation site to
learn there of the teams chosen. The
skaters ranked 1, 3 & 4 were chosen for the Senior
Men team, leaving one skater who had consistently ranked high in the
event all season, rather baffled as to his position in the sport.
Upon hearing of this story via other skaters in Portugal, I felt
very compelled to write about it. I have known of Bruno and even
interviewed him on this site last year. It's very common in Europe
for this kind of selecting to occur, as to North and South Americas
and Oceania, where it is strictly 1, 2 and 3 that make the cut. You
can only encourage skaters who are or have been in this situation to
go forward and be stronger in the year to come.. and kick some
butt.. Good luck
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| Aug
16/03 Spanish
Championships & Team... |
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 Only
weeks ago the Spanish Championships were held and there has
been some heated discussion as to the requirements in place in which
the figure skaters must attain a certain score before they
will be included in the European or World meets. Apparently this has
resulted in a vast drop in the number of skaters competing in the
discipline and some very disappointed skaters. Is this a conspiracy
to slowly drive out the figure component as with ice having done so
over a decade ago now? Aside from that there were some outstanding
performances, notably from Laura Sánchez
(left) & Javier Cuesta
in the Senior events, and Oscar Molins performing some magnificent triple jumps
taking the gold medal in the junior boys event... For more news from
Spain - visit the official site [here]
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| Results:
(all images from the Spanish Championships thanks to Roberto) |
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Junior
men:
1. Oscar Molins
2. Albert Trilla
3. Unay Iglesias |
Junior
ladies:
1. Nuria López |
Senior
men:
1. Javier Cuesta (above)
2. Jordi Castillo
3. Jordi Ruíz |
Senior
ladies:
1. Laura Sánchez
2. Tamara Valderrama
3. Aida Pámies (above) |
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All
of the skaters listed above will take part in the European
Championship to be held in Trieste (Italy).
The Spanish team for the World Championship takes consideration of
the results from the European´s. |
| Aug
15/03 Pan
Ams: Brazil takes home the Gold.. |
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 Brazil's
dark horse, Marcel Sturmer - World Junior No.3 2002, has come from nowhere and blown
away the competition at the Pan American Games in the Men's
freeskating. Defeating World No.3 Daniel Arriola in 2nd
position. Another comeback story for Colombia's Mauricio
Jaramillo who held down a strong position in 3rd ahead of USA's David
Jacques, 4th. More news soon as we try and track down
Marcel for an interview.. More
info view USARS
in full [here] Picture
left: Marcel in action in Santo
Domingo at the Pan Am Games.
Image by: Washington Alves
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| Aug
13/03 Pan
American Games |
 The
Pan American Games are almost complete and there have been some
interesting results. Melissa Linsalata of Argentina held
first position after the short program ahead of Heather Mulkey,
only Mulkey [left] proving too strong in the long to take the event
Gold and Mayra Ramos from Brazil in third. I haven't seen any
results for the Mens long program yet, but I believe Daniel
Ariolla was in third, the long program should be over at this
stage and we'll have those results up soon.. For all info view USARS
in full [here]
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| Aug
07/03 Interview
with the Inliner.... |
 While
Inline continues to take the back seat to Artistic Roller Sports,
one person in Europe certainly believes it wont be long before
Inline Figure Skating reaches the Olympic Games along with Inline
Hockey and Speed. She may well just be right you know.. I've spent
some time with Samantha Bennis from EIFSA Inline Figure Skating in
Europe and I also had the pleasure of meeting her in Wuppertal in
2002. This is one hell of an interview and a great read.. I've also
added pictures here of Inline skaters from all around the world who
are hot in 2003... View in full [here] Enjoy.
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| Aug
06/03 Team
Argentina - Junior and Senior |
| Following
a number of championship rounds in Argentina, the full team is now
complete. View in full [here]
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| Aug
01/03 ...Team
USA announced.. |
 Team
USA has been announced and there have been some surprising
results.. Im not sure if she is back from retirement or was on
a break, but Jennifer Orcutt, has made one hell of a
return by taking the Gold medal in the World Class Ladies
freeskating. Both David Jacques and Josh Rhoads
put on great performances taking out the two top spots with Henry
Elliot in third. Adam White and Melissa Quinn
have taken the gold in dance, which will prove interesting at
the world meet, with current world champions - Bornati
& Bornati having placed 3rd at the recent Italian
Championships. Its a full team this year and the Inline team
has been increased to two skaters per event as to one last
year. See full report and results
here.. [pictured
- J.Rhoads]
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| Go
here to view the US Nationals
media gallery: Check out the creative dance outfits - ducks on
wheels! |
| July
31/03 2003
U.S Nationals - Junior Team |
 Recently USA
Roller Sports upgraded their site and gave it a whole new look
and a promise to provide more up to date news and that it is. This
month, the US Nationals are on and the Junior Team for worlds has
just been announced in full. The Senior events are now underway and
should be announced by the end of the week at the close of the
championships.. For more news and full story on the Junior results -
see
here.. [pictured
- Kyle Turley & Kathy Kimura]
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| July
27/03 2003
Italian Championships... |
 The
Italian Championships are now over and sadly there had been no
updates during the week as to the event.. But to be honest - I wasn't
even sure they were on! However, in checking the results I was more
than shocked to see Luca D'Alisera was NOT amongst the Senior
male rankings, yes true, he did not compete. However, don't despair,
it has now been confirmed that Luca was out due to an injury over
the last two months and is now back in action and will be in
Argentina, in force. Junior world no.2, Andrea Barbieri (left) won
the Senior division, Mauro Mazzoni in 2nd, a strong return after
his absence from the sport since the 2000 worlds, and Davide Profita in third.
It was certainly sad not to see names so familiar such as, Patrick
& Beatrice, Luca Lallai and D'Alisera in the
listings, as we know - all but D'Alisera have retired from the
sport. A loss that will be felt world wide, especially at the world
meet in November. For all the rankings at the Championships see the
following links: [View
1] [View
2] [View
3] [View
4]
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| July
27/03 2003
Worlds Update - Revised program |
 The
all new 2003 Worlds edition of this site will be up and
running with updates in not time.. Already I've updated a full
revised schedule that has had some changes made to it.. More
noticeably, the Opening Ceremony for the Senior Championships will
be held on the night of the Inline & Precision Long programs..
thus bringing together the total disciplines and it will also boast
an Opening Ceremony with up to 1000 competitors with all the skaters
together. This is fantastic and great promotion for all disciplines.
The senior championship training will commence the following
day.
The program revision is available in English and Spanish. See here
for details...
More news soon..
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| July
14/03 Artistic
World Cup 2003 - Firenze, Italia |
 Proving
even more successful in 2002 than the previous year, the Artistic
World Cup will be back again in 2003, in Florence-Italy, December
6-8. The World Cup is the most prestigious event in Roller Sports, a
gala performance that showcases the best skaters in the world,
selected from the top ranking performers at the World Championships
prior to the event. Patrick & Beatrice hold the titles
for both years and this year should prove very interesting! Watch
the site for more details. The world cup site is going through some
major refurbishments and will be completely interactive when
completed.. [See
here] If
you cant read Italian, never fear - try this online
translator - just cut and paste the text!! |
| July
06/03 ...More
of what's to come from Argentina.. |
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Mariano
Morello
ARG
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Two
skaters who will be quiet achievers on the team for Argentina
are no strangers to the world scene, they are Mariano
Morello & Melissa Linsalatas. Morello, 23,
competed at the 99 & 2001 World meets, only to suffer an
exposed fracture of his leg during a training session, wiping
him out for the next year and missing the championships in
2000 USA. This year, Mariano, coached by Dario Alvarez,
is back and in third position, will represent Argentina in
strong company of team mates Daniel Ariolla and
Jordan Sorgovia.
Melissa Linsalata represents the Alianza club in her home
town of Caseros, coached by Enrique Demata, will
compete for the Senior Team this year having moved up from
Junior and has won her place on the team in the No.1 position.
Melissa has competed at the past world championships including
2002 in which she ranked in the top group. Both skaters will
certainly have the support of the home town and will be
skaters to watch for in the future.. Good luck guys...
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Melissa
Linsalata
ARG
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