Roller sports at the 2009 World Games
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At the 2009 World Games, three different roller sports disciplines were contested: artistic roller skating
, inline hockey
and inline speed skating
. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the I-Shou University Gymnasium on August 21–22. The inline iockey tournament was also held at the I-Shou University Gymnasium on August 23–26. The trampoline events were also held at the Yangming Skating Rink on August 17–19.
Artistic roller skating
Artistic roller skating is a sport similar to figure skating but where constestants run on roller skates instead of ice skates. Within artistic roller skating there are several disciplines:* figures...
, inline hockey
Inline hockey
Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey in the United States, is a sport similar to ice hockey but played with inline skates. Like its parent sport, skaters on two teams use hockey sticks to direct a disk-shaped puck into the opponent's goal; however, various details of the game, such as...
and inline speed skating
Inline speed skating
Inline speed skating is the sport of racing on inline skates It is often called inline racing by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice speed skating that many competitors are now known to switch between inline and...
. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the I-Shou University Gymnasium on August 21–22. The inline iockey tournament was also held at the I-Shou University Gymnasium on August 23–26. The trampoline events were also held at the Yangming Skating Rink on August 17–19.
Artistic roller skating
| Men freeskating | |||
| Women freeskating | |||
| Pairs | Sara Venerucci Matteo Guarise |
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Christiane Reich Hannes Muschol |
| Dance | Enrica Gasparini Gabriele Gasparini |
Ayelen Morales Oscar Molins |
Erin Ovens Jonathan Cross |
Men
| 300 m time trial | |||
| 500 m | |||
| 1000 m | |||
| 10000 m points race | |||
| 15000 m |
Women
| 300 m time trial | |||
| 500 m | |||
| 1000 m | |||
| 10000 m points race | |||
| 15000 m |
Men
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 5:1 | 2:1 | 6:5 | 5:2 | 7:0 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1:5 | 4:1 | 3:1 | 3:3 | 8:0 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1:2 | 1:4 | 5:2 | 3:1 | 8:1 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5:6 | 1:3 | 2:5 | 6:1 | 9:1 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2:5 | 3:3 | 1:3 | 1:6 | 4:0 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0:7 | 0:8 | 1:8 | 1:9 | 0:4 |