Written by T Dobbin
Throughout this weekend is the ISU World Finale and the final event for most skaters this season. It has been pretty tough for just about everyone to come back to Europe after the Olympics and have more races on their calendar before they can hang their skates up for a while and enjoy the off season.
Today is the 5,000m finale in which Shane Dobbin will be taking the start line. He is currently ranked in 14th in the overall and in the World Cup Finale only the top 24 athletes in the ISU World ranking are allowed to start. Shane Dobbin is paired with Norwegian, Henrik Christiansen in pair number six.
For Live results go to: http://www.knsb.nl/wc/english/
Keep posted later today for the results.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Update after The Games
Written by T Dobbin
The Olympics are over and it's time for things to get back to somewhat "normal" for Shane Dobbin after such a busy Winter of ice. Although the season isn't over yet with two weekends left on the race calendar. First is the weekend of the 13th and 14th of March with the World Cup Finale held in Heerenveen. And the second is the World All-Round Championships on the 19th, 20th and 21st of March also in Heerenveen.
It was a great experience for Shane to race and be in Vancouver. There were many great experiences he had including watching a hockey game (Russia v's Latvia) from a corporate box, as you can see the view was amazing!
Shane ended up finishing a respectable 17th in Vancouver in the 5,000m race, his one and only event and these games after unfortunately missing out on the qualification for the 10,000m in Hamar, Norway. Shane, always wanting to do better has set his focus over the next four years on making it to Sochi, Russia for the 22nd Olympic Games in 2014, as well as trying to give all he has over the next four years to finish his sporting career on the highest possible level.
After the final two events in Heereveen, Netherlands Shane is heading back to the Oceania region to train during the off-season before heading to a new training venue and city in the near future for the ice seasons to come.
Shane was very disappointed having to leave the inline team of Cado Motus this Summer but knew that if he didn't take a break and a change soon then he might not be mentally at his best on the sport he is now focused on. For Shanes full interview on the Cado Motus Pure Skating website go to: http://www.pureskatingnews.com/2010/03/shane-dobbins-olympic-review.html
Keep posted over the next few weeks with results and photos from the upcoming World Cup and World All-Round competitions.
The Olympics are over and it's time for things to get back to somewhat "normal" for Shane Dobbin after such a busy Winter of ice. Although the season isn't over yet with two weekends left on the race calendar. First is the weekend of the 13th and 14th of March with the World Cup Finale held in Heerenveen. And the second is the World All-Round Championships on the 19th, 20th and 21st of March also in Heerenveen.
It was a great experience for Shane to race and be in Vancouver. There were many great experiences he had including watching a hockey game (Russia v's Latvia) from a corporate box, as you can see the view was amazing!Shane ended up finishing a respectable 17th in Vancouver in the 5,000m race, his one and only event and these games after unfortunately missing out on the qualification for the 10,000m in Hamar, Norway. Shane, always wanting to do better has set his focus over the next four years on making it to Sochi, Russia for the 22nd Olympic Games in 2014, as well as trying to give all he has over the next four years to finish his sporting career on the highest possible level.
After the final two events in Heereveen, Netherlands Shane is heading back to the Oceania region to train during the off-season before heading to a new training venue and city in the near future for the ice seasons to come.
Shane was very disappointed having to leave the inline team of Cado Motus this Summer but knew that if he didn't take a break and a change soon then he might not be mentally at his best on the sport he is now focused on. For Shanes full interview on the Cado Motus Pure Skating website go to: http://www.pureskatingnews.com/2010/03/shane-dobbins-olympic-review.html
Keep posted over the next few weeks with results and photos from the upcoming World Cup and World All-Round competitions.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Written by T Dobbin
It was a successful weekend for Shane racing in the Regional All-Round qualification in Calgary.. With four races skated, Shane achieved three personal best times, two new national records and a place in the World All-Round Championships in Heerenveen in mid-March after winning the final distance of the weekend in the 10km.
Shane's times for the weekend were as follows:
500m - 38.20
1500m - 1.47,88
5km - 6.26,05
10km - 13.34,03
There is still room for improvement with three weeks left of training before Vancouver. Now it's back to Salt Lake City for this period and getting back into the final preparation. Don't forget to follow @ShaneDobbin on twitter! Thanks to Daniel Yeow for his great photography.
It was a successful weekend for Shane racing in the Regional All-Round qualification in Calgary.. With four races skated, Shane achieved three personal best times, two new national records and a place in the World All-Round Championships in Heerenveen in mid-March after winning the final distance of the weekend in the 10km.
Shane's times for the weekend were as follows:500m - 38.20
1500m - 1.47,88
5km - 6.26,05
10km - 13.34,03
There is still room for improvement with three weeks left of training before Vancouver. Now it's back to Salt Lake City for this period and getting back into the final preparation. Don't forget to follow @ShaneDobbin on twitter! Thanks to Daniel Yeow for his great photography.
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