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: Monday, 08th of September 2008
- Joey Mantia came back and shone in the race of 20.000meters on road

El young Joey Mantia came back to the World Championship of Gijón 2008 and shone in the race of 20.000meters Elimination in the first day © MundoPatin.Com

In this first day of competitions on road, some great races were celebrated and where the American Joey Mantia came back for win to Zangarini and Guyader.

After the races of 200meters Time Trial, arrived the moment for the so waited long races.

In the Junior category, the test that was celebrated was the 10.000meters Points, where in the race of ladies were importants falls and the group was broked. Finally the skater of South Korea, Seul Li was the winner and got the world-wide gold. The silver was for the Italian Giuliana Bongiorno, who during this championship is

showing that she is in  good form. The bronze was for the german Mareike Thum who has fell during the competition.

In the test of Junior men, it was lived in a exciting form, because all the skaters wanted to get points but only some could got it. The great belgium skater, Bart Swings has already showed the last year that he is an important person, and this world-championship continue showing it getting the gold. The silver was for the Italian, Riccardo Bugari, meanwhile the bronze was for the Spanish skater, Jorge Fernández who ran very well.

In Senior ladies, Colombia was the best and got the gold and silver medals with Carolina Upegui and Liana Holguin, furthermore, Upegui has beaten the world-wide record in the 20.000meters. The bronze was for Silvana Posada, from Argentina.

For finish the day of competitons, was the turn for the category Senior men, where Joey Mantia showed his force and got the first place in the podium, meanwhile the silver was for Luca Saggiorato and the bronze for Yann Guyader.

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