Follow Shane Dobbin on Twitter

Written by T Dobbin
For those of you who have a twitter account, be sure to start following @shanedobbin with his updates prior to the Vancouver and throughout Vancouver.

Shane set a new personal flying lap record in his training yesterday morning in Salt Lake City. He skated a lap time of 24.99 which is by far his best lap ever. After training he then attempted to travel in the evening to Calgary for this weekend's Regional All-Round Qualification and half way into the flight, the Pilot had to turn around and head back to Salt Lake City due to heavy fog. If all goes well he will be arriving around midday today into Calgary.

Keep posted via Twitter and here on his blog for more updates.

Shane's New NZ National Record

Written by T Dobbin
With only 31 days until Vancouver Shane Dobbin is currently in Salt lake City training.

Yesterday was the first training race that Shane is racing prior to Vancouver in Salt Lake City. where he raced a 3 kilometer breaking his own New Zealand National Record by 7 seconds. Shane skated a 3km time of 3.50,91 racing at what is normally his 5km pace, skating a flat race from start to finish and it's good preparation prior to Vancouver
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On the 23rd and 24th of January Shane will be in Calgary racing the Regional Qualifier for North American and Oceania Regions to try to qualify for the 2010 World All-Round Championships which will be held in March in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

Shane is really enjoying his training in Salt Lake with Derek Parra USA National Coach and Chad Hedrick as well as other skates in the USA National Team. There is alot of hard work that has to be put in during this time and it's a great place to be.

Keep posted for more updates.

By Greg Ford, Sunday Star Times in New Zealand

Dobbin a chance for Winter Olympics medal

Ashley Bright is a busy man. No time to waste. In two months' time he will send a rag-tag bunch of relative no-names to the Winter Olympics. He's "busy, busy, busy", so cuts to the chase when Shane Dobbin pops up in conversation.

"It is a story from the gods really," he explains.

"Talented athlete. Transferred across from inline skating to ice and within 18 months of international competition he is ranked 13th in the world. That says volumes about him as an athlete. It is an incredibly tough sport."

Heard of Dobbin? Not many have. He is, as the boss of the Winter Olympics team explained, a former inline world champion skater from Palmerston North.

To read the full article go to: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/3179279/Dobbin-a-chance-for-Winter-Olympics-medal