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| Venue | Arena Ritten (Collalbo) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 18 and 19 March 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 men 27 women | ||||||||||||
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The 2007 European Speed Skating Championships were held on the outdoor artificial ice track Arena Ritten in Collalbo, Italy. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system.
Live broadcasts from the Championships were shown on Nederland 1,[1] NRK[2] and Rai Tre/Rai Sport Sat,[3] with highlights on Das Erste.
The two champions were both below 21 years of age; Sven Kramer won his first European gold medal, two years after winning silver in Thialf, while Czech Martina Sáblíková won the women's championship to become the first Czech to medal at a European championship, and also the youngest European women's champion. Kramer is the youngest European Champion since 1992.
- ^ (in Dutch) KNSB.nl | EK Allround 2007 Collalbo Archived 2007-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, from KNSB, retrieved 12 January 2007.
- ^ (in Norwegian) Sport - NRK Archived 2007-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 12 January 2007.
- ^ (in Italian) Guida TV Archived 2007-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, from rai.it, (in Italian) Communication from FISG[permanent dead link], retrieved 11 January 2006.