This coming weekend, June 6 and 7, 200 National and International professionals will demonstrate their skills during the several sports competitions and events at the Parc del Forum, next to the sea in Barcelona, Spain. Some of the best professionals will take part of this 2 day event where the World Rolling Series (WRS) will collaborate.
Sports include skateboard, BMX, FMX; inline skating, longboard, wakeboard and jibbing. There will also be non-sport activities such as urban art exhibitions and DJ sessions.
FROM 500m to the marathon, Kate Dousi was almost unbeatable at the Inline Speed Skating Oceania Championships last month. The 17-year-old won five of her six events and was named the top overall senior female athlete at the international event.
Only the 200m time-trial slipped from her grasp – but Dousi still finished second. It was a performance that has also won the Pine Rivers Press Sports YoungStar award for March-April. “I prefer the distance events,’’ said the St Paul’s School student, “anything of 5km and above.Â
“The shorter distances are more strategic, but I was still pleased with the results in the championship.’’ Dousi, the 2008 junior ladies national champion, won the Oceania 500m, 1000m, 10km points, 20km and 42km marathon races. … Details
