MPC Wheels at the 2008 World Speed Championships

Gijon, SPAIN – September 4-12, the World Speed Skating Championships. 24 Senior World Titles were decided, 12 of them won on MPC Speed Wheels.

When Winning Counts...
...Winners Use MPC

TRACK, 10 Gold Medals on MPC Wheels

• 300m Sr Women, Brittany Bowe (USA)
• 10km P/E Sr Women, Hyo Sook Woo (KOR)
• 15km Elim Sr Women, Hyo Sook Woo (KOR)
• 1000m Jr Women, So Yeong Shin (KOR)
• 1000m Sr Women, Sara Sayasane (USA)
• 1000m Sr Men, Jorge Cifuentes (COL)
• 500m Sr Women, Jercy Puello (COL)
• 500m Jr Women, So Yeong Shin (KOR)
• Relay Jr Women, Korea
• Relay Sr Women, USA

...all won on MPC

MPC-powered
Brittany Bowe & Sara Sayasane
tore up the track, and set a new 300m World Record

ROAD (Circuit), 9 Gold Medals on MPC Wheels
(including 3 out of 4 200m TTs won on MPC)

• 200m Sr Men, Gregorio Duggento (ITA)
• 200m Jr Men, Daniel Greig (AUS)
• 200m Jr Women, Giulia Bongiorno (ITA)
• 10km Pts Jr Women, Seul Lee (TPE)
• 10km Pts Sr Women, Hyo Sook Woo (KOR)
• 20km Elim Jr Women, Seul Lee (TPE)
• 500m Sr Women, Jercy Puello (COL)
• Relay Sr Women, USA
• Relay Sr Men, Italy

...all won on MPC

From the 200m to the 42km
Gregory Duggento opened the Road Championship with a 200m Gold on MPC,
and Shane Dobbin closed it with another in the Marathon

ROAD (Marathon), 3 Gold Medals on MPC Wheels
(3 out of 4 Marathons won on MPC)

• Marathon Sr Men, Shane Dobbin (NZL)
• Marathon Jr Men, Jen Tse Yu (TPE)
• Marathon Jr Women, Seul Lee (TPE)

...all won on MPC

In the Senior Men's event, Shane Dobbin survived the strongest in a breakaway that eventually dwindled to 3 men - in mixed wet/dry conditions - and went on to skate the others off his wheel down a long, dry finishing straight to win. Shane wore the proven wet/dry combination of FRONT Storm Surge | MIDDLE FRONT Street Fight Gold | MIDDLE REAR Street Fight Gold | REAR Storm Surge.

In the Junior Men's Marathon, Jen Tse Yu took a clear field sprint victory on a damp road in front of Wannes van Praet (BEL) and Riccardo Bugari (ITA). Jen Tse also took his victory in the proven mixed conditions combination of FRONT Storm Surge | MIDDLE FRONT Street Fight | MIDDLE REAR Street Fight | REAR Storm Surge.

In the Junior Women's Marathon, Seul Lee defeated Marieke Thum in a sprint-ahead-of-the-field using the high-speed dry straight set of ALL Street Fight Gold.