Het Laatste Nieuws / The Latest News
Na ruim twee decennia neemt Elma de Vries zaterdag 8 september officieel afscheid als topsporter. Zij doet dat bij het Open Nederlands Kampioenschap inline-skaten over 60 kilometer in het Friese Hallum. Bij de mannen zal Crispijn Ariëns zijn titel verdedigen in een wedstrijd over maar liefst 100 kilometer.
European Championships 2018 / EK Inline
Patxi Peula skated a good European Championship, the victory in the marathon went to Bart Swings, but he took 2nd place. He also recieved his gold medal for the elimination race after the final marathon in Oostende. We talked to him about this tournament…
After a long breakaway of two Italians the victory in the marathon at Euros went to Chloé Geoffroy from France. In the last few laps the chasing group caught up with the leaders and only just before the finish line Chloé managed get in front.
In the French Team for the Euros this year there was no place for the top skaters who were at Worlds. Also the French Federation decided to boycott the new team sprint and the 200 meter. We talked about that with Pascal Briand, coach of the French National Team.
After two years of skating the 100 meter at the European Championship this year the 200 meter was brought back. There was no good place near the track to skate the 100 meter, so the 200 meter course that was used before was back in bussiness. What did the skaters think about it? We asked…
David Holmes is voor het eerst op het EK als jeugdrijder. Na de baanwedstrijden zit het er voor hem op. Hoe is het toernooi verlopen? We vroegen het na afloop van de 1000 meter…
Three years ago the European Championships were in Wörgl, Austria. At that time the Austrian team was not very big, only Vanessa Herzog won medals then. This year Vanessa is not at the Euros, she’s already training for the ice season. The junior ladies Anna Petutschnigg, Laura Nagiller and Kathi Thien were at the Flanders…
Op de relay moet alles kloppen, timing, goede aflossingen, blijven staan en dan nog een eindsprint. Bij de junioren heren was dat vandaag het geval. Harm Visser vertelt hoe het is om goud te winnen. De senioren heren gingen ook voor goud, maar eindigden met brons. Kay Schipper legt uit wat er gebeurde.
The team from the Czech Republic has won a lot of medals already. Radek Fajkus and Zdenek Sejpal both won medals on the first day. They talked to us after the races on Fridaynight. On day 2 of the Euros Tomas Bohumsky won his first medal and Zdenek was on the podium again.
Final Medal Ranking Euros 2018
Final Medal Ranking Worlds 2018
World Championships 2018 / WK Inline
Jordy van Workum en Jason Suttels kennen elkaar al jaren uit de skeelerwereld. Dit WK reden zij beiden voor de medailles. En met groot succes, lees hieronder de interviews met beide mannen.
Jordy van Workum and Jason Suttels have known each other for years through skating races. These World Championships they both raced for medals. And with great succes. Read here the interviews with both guys. (English below)
Tomas Bohumsky is racing as a junior this championship, but actually he’s only a youth. Surprisingly he was part of the break-away and finished in 12th place.
Felix Rijhnen won the gold medal in the marathon in Arnhem. It was a six kilometer lap through the city of Arnhem, crossing the River Rhine twice.
Marie Dupuy and Mathilde Pedronno were both on the podium on Fridaynight. Marie got a bronze medal in the pointsrace and Mathilde got bronze in the one lap.
A country that we don’t often see in inlineskating is Iran. The team is here with six skaters, who are they?
Erin Jackson won a bronze medal in the one lap. A lot of Dutch fans will know her because she was in the Olympics for long track skating, where she skated the 500 meter.
European Cup News
Het blauwe pak van de selectie Midden-Nederland viel goed op tijdens de wedstrijden van de cadetten op de Flanders Grand Prix. Stijn van de Bunt en Timo Lamme eindigden op het podium in het eindklassement. Zij vertellen zelf hoe hun toernooi verliep…
Marc Middelkoop en Tom den Heijer zijn allebei eerstejaars senior. Dit seizoen plaatsten zij zich niet voor de grote toernooien, maar ze trainen hard samen en lieten tijdens de Flanders Grand Prix zien dat zij in het seniorenpeloton goed mee kunnen.
Diogo Marreiros was voted most valuable skater of this year’s Flanders Grand Prix. He won the 1000 meter, the pointsrace and the road race. That gave him the overall win of the Flanders Grand Prix and the first place in the long distance ranking for the European Cup. We talked to him after the road…
Traditionally during the Flanders Grand Prix the Cadet Challenge was held: the unoffical European Championship for Cadets. The short distance ranking was made up after the 300 meter and 500 meter. For the long distance ranking the skaters did a 5000 meter elimination race and a 3000 meter points race.
During the World Championships in Heerde and Arnhem the stands were filed every day with a big group of German fans. They were all wearing German inline shirts and a lot of hats and flags in black/red/yellow. We talked to two young skaters from the group to find out more…
This weekend were the trials for the Worlds in Colombia. This means that all the skaters from Colombia who were in Heerde did not even make it to those trials. One of them is Steven Villegas, with a time of 24.38 he won the 300 meter and in the 500 meter final he managed to…
