[english]KEARNS, Utah – Jeremy Wotherspoon of Red Deer, Alta., broke the world record in the men’s 500 metres on Friday to open the World Cup season in long track speed skating. Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., added a silver in Canadian record time in the 1,500. (SSC)[/english][french]KEARNS, Utah (NSC) – Jeremy Wotherspoon, de Red Deer, en Alberta, a battu le record du monde du 500 m masculin, vendredi, lors de l‘ouverture de la saison de la Coupe du monde de patinage de vitesse sur longue piste. Denny Morrison, de Fort St. John, en C.-B., a ajouté une médaille d’argent avec un record canadien au 1500 m. (PVC)[/french]

October 21, 2007- Kearns, UT. US Speedskating is pleased to announce the US Fall World Cup Team for the 2007. The team was largely chosen based upon their performance at the Long Track American Cup I & Fall World Cup Selection Competition which was held this past weekend (Nov. 26-28) at the Utah Olympic Oval.

[english]CALGARY – Jeremy Wotherspoon of Red Deer, Alta., celebrated his 31st birthday by breaking his Canadian record in the men’s 500-metre on Friday at the long track speed skating World Cup team selection competition. (SSC)[/english][french]CALGARY - Jeremy Wotherspoon, de Red Deer en Alberta, a célébré son 31e anniversaire, vendredi, en brisant son record canadien à l’épreuve masculine de 500 m, aux sélections de l’équipe nationale de patinage de vitesse longue piste. (SSC)[/french]

Men: Mathieu Giroux (Montréal, QC), Alex Boisvert-Lacroix (Sherbrooke, QC), Charles Hamelin, Steve Robillard (Montréal, QC), François-Louis Tremblay (Montréal, QC) and Marc-André Monette. Tremblay could not skate this weekend due to an injury, but he was granted a bye.

Women: Kalyna Roberge, Anne Maltais (Québec, QC), Tania Vicent, Amanda Overland, Andréa Do-Duc (Montréal, QC) and Jessica Gregg (Edmonton, AB). Gregg will be replaced by Valérie Lambert (Sherbrooke, QC) for the 3rd and 4th World Cups.

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US Speedskating has launched it's new website.  It has a new up to date feel, along with new features like photo albums, videos (coming soon), race results and a section for broadcast/webcast, which we have only seen from overseas federations in the past.  Take a look here.