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During the World Championships in Brasilia, CIPA organized a meeting where all the nations were invited to talk about the new dance, Tango Delanco. After this meeting CIPA thought it could be a good idea to publish the video on the FIRS web site for all to watch.

After one month from the end of the European Championships for Show and Precision, I’ve asked Sandro Guerra (Artistic Roller Skating Choreographer) few comments about it. There were more than 1000 skaters in Reggio Emilia and the Sport Center was full all the three days of competitions. Following an interesting article by...

KAOHSIUNG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ... ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING ... After almost one month from the end of the 2008 World Championships in Kaohsiung, we asked Sandro Guerra, World Champion in the 80s and early 90s, to comment artistically the Championships. We thought it was interesting to listen to a point of view from one of the best ...

SPEEDSKATING INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIP - NICOLE BEGG   So how do we go about the very contencious subject of gaining sponsorship, when we are a non - Olympic sport at present, with a public perception that, we are deemed as a minor sport.    Well first of all the correct environment within your country helps, New Zealand is a...

MODERN TIMES AND SPEED SKATING   Hi everyone.            Recently there has been very interesting and exciting times in the World of speed skating, for someone like myself, who missed the World Championships in Colombia ( only my 3rd missed since 1975 ) I was so excited to be able to...