The first provincial long track sprint competition was held November 18-19, 2006 at the Gaetan Boucher Oval in Sainte-Foy, only two weeks after the opening of the oval. Close to 70 skaters of all ages registered, but only 5 masters took part to this event. The weather conditions were for once perfect with temperature around 5C and no wind, which is quite unusual if you ever skated in Sainte-Foy!
Benoit Lamarche (Masters 40-45), former Olympian, showed us that he is still in shape with times at the 500m and 1000m of 40.42 sec and 1:20.29 min respectively, finishing in the top 8 skaters in 3 of the 4 races. Maurice Gagné (Masters 60-65) came back strong this year with 52.63 sec for the 500m and 1:52.29 min for the 1000m. In the Masters Woman 40-45, Anika Bédard improved her 1000m Canadian record (Canadian Master Championships - March 2006) by 4 seconds with a time of 1:44.21 min. After the races, pursuit teams were organised according to the ranks/times and some masters joined the younger skaters for these fun and unofficial races of 4 or 6 laps.
For complete results, please consult: http://www.fpvq.org/doc/Resultats/Resultats.pdf
Report by Anika Bédard
English translation by Anika Bédard
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