2006 in Sports - Speed Skating

Speed Skating

  • European Championships held at Hamar, Norway
    • Men's all-round: Enrico Fabris (Italy) with 151.523 points
    • Ladies' all-round: Claudia Pechstein (Germany) with 163.159 points
  • World Sprint Championships held at Heerenveen, Netherlands
    • Men: Joey Cheek (USA) with 139.990 points
    • Ladies: Svetlana Zhurova (Russia) with 153.625 points
  • World Allround Championships held at Calgary, Canada
    • Men: Shani Davis (USA) with 145.742 points
    • Ladies: Cindy Klassen (Canada) with 154.580 points

Read more about this topic:  2006 In Sports

Famous quotes containing the words speed and/or skating:

    “Life is too short to waste
    In critic peep or cynic bark,
    Quarrel or reprimand:
    ‘Twill soon be dark;
    Up, heed thine own aim, and
    God speed the mark!”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)