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May 11, 2006
Summer Holiday In Montreal
Canadian skater Rémi (Rene L'Oiseau) Beaulieu writes in to say:
As the sun shines down on montreal city, skaters are enjoying summer times and holidays at its best. Riding bikes, inlining in the streets, playing soccer, everything is a good reason to get together and enjoy life. As the last season have been pretty much long and intense for most of the skaters, it is cool to just do activities without any purpose of training.
Here we have Travis (Theo) Jayner and Joel (Minou) Mineau getting "prepared" to play some soccer game as the sun goes down on the island.
Thanks for sharing, Rémi - next time make sure you get in the picture too!
A very happy belated birthday to Travis Jayner, a great skater and an even better person! This is gonna be your year, man.
Posted by noelle at 7:24 PM | Comments (36)
May 10, 2006
Marquette Mining Journal | Lobello walks to raise funds
The 2006 Olympian is joining forces with the American Cancer Society to raise money for the Relay for Life Friday in his hometown of Tallahassee, Fla. Typically, participants form teams and take turns walking during the 18-hour event, but Lobello plans to walk the entire time himself. He’s looking forward to the challenge....He’s focused on raising $50,000 for Friday’s relay. Individuals or organizations interested in making a donation can call M’Lea Davis at 850-297-0588.
Go Anthony!!
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May 8, 2006
As the USS staff turns...
U.S. head coach Li Yan has resigned for family reasons and to return to her native China, where it's possible she'll become the first female head coach of the Chinese national team.
Word on a replacement for coach Li hasn't filtered down but we'll see. Best wishes to Coach Li and her family!
Posted by noelle at 9:22 PM | Comments (95)
May 7, 2006
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | New leader looks to get speedskating back in line
The newly elected president of U.S. Speedskating is charged with guiding the board of directors through the next quadrennial, one that undoubtedly will bring significant changes to the organization and to the way the sport is governed heading into the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.
He sure has his work cut out for him.
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Midland (MI) Daily News | Midland's Bedford to train in Colorado Springs
Ryan Bedford has dedicated himself to relaxing the past few weeks, since he’ll have little free time for the next four years. The reigning U.S. Junior Short Track champion and North American Short Track champion was recently accepted into the elite U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Congratulations, Ryan!!
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In addition to Ryan, the following skaters also received invites to train in COS:
Allison Baver, Kimberly Derrick, Alex Izykowski, Travis Jayner, J.P. Kepka, Halie Kim, Tina Koenig, Jordan Malone, Apolo Ohno (apologies if I left out any names)
The skaters have till next week to accept the invitation or not, so this is not a final list of who'll actually be training there.
Posted by noelle at 11:13 AM | Comments (38)