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      <title><![CDATA[Survivor skates past problems]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1328491921" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/5/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Robert Samuels is 71, and has beaten prostate cancer for a second time. He has type 1 diabetes. The key ligament in his left knee is trashed. But he's not sitting on the sidelines.Last month, he won a national speed skating championship %u2014 the Master 70  championship at the 2011 American Cup Final-Short Track/National Age Group Short Track Championships in Wausau, Wis.He admits that he had an edge this ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="17890">
      <title><![CDATA[Double boost for S'pore skating]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327899987" delta="1 week ago"><![CDATA[1/30/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[THE Singapore Ice Skating Association's (Sisa's) bid to produce the Republic's first Winter Olympian at the 2014 Sochi Games has gathered pace.Sisa yesterday secured provisional membership for speed skating with the International Skating Union (ISU), and will now be able to send its short-track speed skaters to ISU-sanctioned events like the World Cup, World Championships and the Olympics.Sisa president Sonja Chong could not hide her delight at having secured membership ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17688">
      <title><![CDATA[Gloucester Concordes speed to success]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327295273" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/23/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Season ends with national titles and medalsThe Gloucester Concordes Speed Skating Club are closing their season with a few national titles and medals under their belts.The local club sent members to events like the Canadian National Championship and the Canada Winter Games this year, with several taking places on the podium.Team mom Lucille De Haître, whose son Vincent was on Team Ontario%u2019s silver-medal team at the Games and brought home ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17495">
      <title><![CDATA[Katherine Reutter is overall runner-up, earns honor]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1326960468" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/19/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Speedskater Katherine Reutter won a gold medal in the 1,500 meters, a bronze medal in the 1,000 and a silver in the 3,000 at the World Short Track Championships in Sheffield, England.That medal run led to another silver: second place in the women's overall competition. South Korea's Cho Ha-ri took the gold and Italy's Arianna Fontana won the bronze.With her victory in the 1,500, the first race of the three-day ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16826">
      <title><![CDATA[Speedskaters shaken by undaunted by Moscow blasts]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1321289189" delta="11 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/14/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[When the U.S. speedskating team landed in Moscow for their next race, coach Ryan Shimabukuro flipped on his cell phone and found it buzzing with missed calls, text messages and e-mails.Then he learned why everyone was trying to get in touch.There had been a bombing at one of the city's biggest airports, and everyone wanted to make sure that he and his skaters were OK."I think it was more worrisome ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16342">
      <title><![CDATA[India win all medals in 1000m speed skating]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320141355" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/1/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Dehra Dun, Jan 12 (PTI) India continued its dominance inice-skating events of the SAF winter games third day in a rowby winning all the medals in 1000 meter speed skating in bothmen''s and women''s categories.Buzz up!India''s Subodh Patil won gold in 1000m speed skating inmen''s category, while Mushtaq and Lavish bagged the silver andbronze respectively.In women''s category, Shruti Kotwal won the gold, SonamTsoma took the silver and Rinchim Dolam clinched ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16016">
      <title><![CDATA[Speedskater Richardson breaks U.S. record]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319447903" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/24/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[KEARNS, Utah — When she was done for the day, speedskater Heather Richardson was ready to take a seat. What she deserved to take was a bow.The 21-year-old Olympian from High Point continued her astonishing breakout season Monday at the U.S. Speedskating Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval, winning both the 500 and 1,000 meters in the fastest times in the world this season — her time of 37.58 seconds ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15692">
      <title><![CDATA[Groothuis ahead in national sprint speed skating championships]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318681717" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/15/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[On the first day of the Dutch National Championships for sprint speed skating in the Thialf ice rink in Heerenveen, Stefan Groothuis is in the lead. The skater belonging to the Control team won the 1000 metre race on Monday with an impressive time of 1,08.54. Earlier in the day he came second in the 500 metre race.In the 1000 metres, Groothuis beat Jan Bos who came second with a ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15532">
      <title><![CDATA[Exercise class requirements: Must have skates and tough-chick nickname]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318257725" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/10/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Fifteen women on roller skates swept by Barbara Dolan in a fast, breezy cluster. The swarm loosened, and Dolan, also known as Queen B, didn't like it. "Speed it up! Speed it up! Stay in the pack," she hollered at the rumbling throng. "I have a spontaneous need to yell whenever they're on floor," admitted Dolan of Oak Park. Twice a week since September, Dolan has conducted Derby Lite roller ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15366">
      <title><![CDATA[Omark, Paajarvi get first chance to skate together]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1317745664" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/4/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers will feature a Swedish connection when they face the Columbus Blue Jackets at Rexall Place on Thursday as coach Tom Renney has rookie forwards Linus Omark and Magnus Paajarvi on a line with centre Ryan O'Marra.It marks a first for Omark, who hails from Overtornea, and Paajarvi, who is from Norrkoping. They have been teammates on various Swedish national teams in the past, but never ...]]></text>
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    <article id="13903">
      <title><![CDATA[Tracking the oval at Canada Games 2011]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1311612907" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/25/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Watching a long-track speed skating oval being carved out of the Halifax North Common is thrilling for Catriona Le May Doan. The world champion and Olympic gold medalist explained to reporters yesterday what a unique opportunity this venue will be for the community and the Canada Winter Games when it comes to Halifax in February.“It's absolutely incredible to see this happen in Atlantic Canada,” she said.Construction started last month and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="13277">
      <title><![CDATA[Olympic medal-winning speed skater from Russia makes Norwalk his part-time home]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Speed Skate Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1305979126" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A few lucky souls are born with the ability and the desire to compete in the Olympic Games. A few more are given the opportunity to live out the American dream. With a little more hard work, and a little bit of luck, Ivan Skobrev could complete two lifetimes worth of dreams in a few short years.Born in the Russian city of Khabarovsk, Skobrev grew up in temperatures far different ...]]></text>
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