World games 2005

Prot.166/CIC Rome December 13, 2004

To: FIRS- CIC- Continental Confederations, Associations and National Federations

                                          2005 WORLD GAMES- DUISBURG (GERMANY)

LIST OF ADMITTED SPEED SKATERS

Dear Sirs,

we have pleasure in sending you here enclosed the list of skaters who qualified for the above mentioned World Games on the basis of the results achieved in individual races on the road at the 2004 World Championships in Italy.

The Organising Committee of the World Games communicated us that a new track , a 200 mt banked one, has been built in Duisburg and that the event will be carried out there.

The admission list has been done on the basis of the road championships as just communicated by the CIC; nevetheless, races will be carried out on this 200 mt track.

The program will be the following:

July 18            training   

July 19           300 mt men and ladies

                     1.000 mt sprint men and ladies

July 20          500 mt sprint men and ladies

                     5.000 mt points men and ladies

July 21          3.000 mt in line men and ladies

                    10.000 mt elimination race, men and ladies

Skaters coming from European Federations may arrive on Sunday July 17, while skaters from overseas on Saturday July 16.

All skaters must leave Duisburg on July 22.

We are seizing this opportunity to remind you that participation is reserved to qualified skaters, nevertheless the corresponding National Federations may substitute, if necessary, the qualified athletes with other skaters of top level, being in a better physical condition at the moment of this event, provided that participated at a World or Continental Championship in the last 2 years.

We are also pleased to communicate you that the participation a the World Games has the total support of the I.O.C. as stated by President Mr. Jacques Rogge.

Thus, concerned Federations may ask their NOC some technical, financial support in order to take part at the World Games.

We kindly ask the concerned Federations, those having qualified skaters, to confirm us their participation at the 2005 World Games within and not later than March 15, 2005. If the CIC does not receive such confirmations within this deadline, it will be our care to invite other skaters who successively qualified in this special ranking.

Travelling expenses will be up to participants.

All skaters will participate with their National sports uniforms, flags and anthems.

On such matter, we remind all of you that according to the WG rules, all skaters must wear their National sport uniforms without advertisments as for the participation at the Olympic Games.

The participation for speed skating will be as follows:

24 male skaters

24 female skaters

12 officials

1 Technical Delegate

All other accompanying people of each team must provide on their own for booking and payment of hotel that, according to availability, could be the same allocated to skaters, please see www.worldgames2005.de

With our best sports regards,

Dr. Roberto Marotta

CIC President

LIST OF SPEED SKATERS ADMITTED AT THE 2005 WORLD GAMES IN DUISBURG

1. DUGGENTO Gregory     ITALY world champion

2. PRESTI Luca                  ITALY world champion

3. DOBBIN Shane              NEW ZEALAND world champion

4. ZANGARINI Francesco ITALY world champion

5. MANTIA Joseph USA

6. BEGG Wayne NEW ZEALAND

7. SAGGIORATO Luca ITALY

8. HEBBRECHT Wouter BELGIUM

9. ROSERO Diego COLOMBIA

10. LETICA Jernej SLOVENIA

11. PRESTI Massimiliano ITALY

12. PAN Wen-Chih CHINESE TAIPEI

13. BETANCOUR Diego COLOMBIA

14. CONTIN Alexis FRANCE

15. GRANDGIRARD Baptiste FRANCE

16. BOUCHER Thomas FRANCE

17. DOBBIN Kalon NEW ZEALAND

18. ALVAREZ Daniel VENEZUELA
19. GUZMAN José CHILE

20. LERGA Garikoitz SPAIN

21. MCCARGO Javier ARGENTINA

22. SCHWIERZ Mathias GERMANY

23. GERMANY

24. GERMANY

1. BELLONI Valentina ITALY world champion

2. BAENA Cecilia COLOMBIA world champion

3. VIVAS Alexandra COLOMBIA world champion

4. MENDEZ Brigitte COLOMBIA world champion

5. SMITH Jessica USA

6. GLASS Julie USA

7. PAN Yi-Chin CHINESE TAIPEI

8. GOVAERTS Hilde BELGIUM

9. DI EUGENIO Simona ITALY

10. KIM Hye Mi KOREA

11. GONZALEZ Andrea ARGENTINA

12. FLOURENS Estelle FRANCE

13. ZANETTI Erika ITALY

14. CAICEDO Jenifer COLOMBIA

15. VAUDAN Angele FRANCE
16. VAN DER WAL FOSKE Tamar NETHERLANDS

17. SHINOZUKA Nachi JAPAN
18. GOMEZ Sandra SPAIN

19. WOO Hyo Sook KOREA

20. PAN Li-Ling CHINESE TAIPEI

21. TSAI Chen-I CHINESE TAIPEI

22. GERMANY

23. GERMANY

24 GERMANY