It's weird; I can sing the song right away, but cannot find it in any of my books; my Frisian is just below the level of spelling correctly. But it's a Frisian...
... It gets no *Norwegian* attention, that is true, but my impression is that it seems to be more important in other countries. (Looking at the Norwegian...
To the best of my knowledge, the status of the university sports movement is very low in Norway. Scanning through the results from the 2005 Winter Universiade...
... Well, where does speed skating gets real media attention except for Norway and the Netherlands? I'm currently in Canada, within a stone-throw from...
... Of which some are specialised sprint or 'all round' meets. Compared to cross country skiing: 31 events of varying length (2007/08; next season's scehdule...
... (2007/08; next season's ... What's this?! No Calgary?! No Viking Ship?! Twice in Heerenveen?! Canadaian and Norwegian speedskaters will miss out on the...
This is what my revised 2008-09 ISU Speedskating Season Schedule looks like with Calgary and Hamar included: 01 Calgary 04-05 October 2008 02 Hamar 01-03...
... At least Norwegians don't mind. We have the World Championship. World cup events tend to attract few fans here anyway. Though it has improved a little...
From: Speed_skating@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Speed_skating@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lars Finsen Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:56 PM ... At least...
You'll see the World Allrounds in Hamar and Vancouver/Richmond hosting the World Single Distance. So don't worry. They get the best. Op 04-06-2008 18:46,...
... (2007/08; next season's ... Well, this will be far more events than 31 (xc-skiing), but of course it should have been an overall world cup. Problem is, the...
From: Speed_skating@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Speed_skating@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of overtidskongen Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:00 PM Well, this will be...
... There's at least 2 major differences: 1, that a x-c skier who wants to compete for the World Cup title will have to participate in more or less all the...
It is not that bad, and speedskating is hardly x-c skiing ... Ech Heerenveen 09/11 jan (and other regional qualifier(s)) Wch Sprint Moskva 17/18 jan ... Wch...
8 June 1922 to 25 May 2008: requiescat in pace. In Aftenposten's obituary today it is mentioned that Kramer-Johansen "loved sports; in speedskating he reached...
... The World Cup should *be* the classics. Or the classics should *be* the world cup, depending on how you want to express it. One of the main problems with...
Indeed, the classics should *be* the world cup, because the present WC-circus has not managed to "build on" existing popular events. The Trofeo Alberto...
Here's a travelling tip to diehard speedskatingfans: The Argentinian allround championship 2008 is scheduled for 28-29. june at Ushuaia (at Tierra del Fuego),...
Yes it is and I am! And the weekend after - 5/6 july - the national sprint will be skated in El Calafate meanwhile, a demonstration-event is scheduled for Rio...
Marnix Koolhaas
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This is just a short drive for Eric Kraan, probably the closest listmember.... ... sprint will be skated in El Calafate ... july! ... namens overtidskongen...
If you can read Norwegian, you can check out his home page at http://www.boekko.com/ It seems he has been recovering quickly; no reason to count him out for...
... Maybe they are talking about his 2.24,7 at Bislett Feb 23, 1942? A good result, but Norges Flagg på Seiersmasten, dated 1941, says the junior record was...
Still chance to improve his season's best then, as the season ends on 30-06-2008 (not quite unrelated to the border between age categories in case someone ...
Perhaps a small quiz before the summer takes over? The questions are all related to the same year. 1) This championship was the beginning of a new era to one...
... The list of 31 events was the 'distance world cup'. The 'sprint world cup' had its own list. So 31 was the number of events that the World Cup winner had...
... I think I'm the closest member, currently living in the highlands of Nicaragua. The trip is a long one though, and expensive. My hope is that the city of...
... But do the x-c skiers also have various national championships and world championships, and qualifiers to be able to appear in those meets as well as in...