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World Cup, Milwaukee

It's warmer today, thank goodness. Starting in the low 40s today. Sitting at warm ups again. The Dutch do this cool "synchro" skating during warm up where two skaters go around the oval almost nose to butt moving in unison. It's very cool to watch. Doubt it will make the same kind of impression in a photo, but if I'm lucky I'll catch it.

I don't have the right kind of lens for shooting this stuff. Looking around a bit it seems the "right" kind of lens for this is in the $1000 range...at the low end. Lovely. Guess, I'll just have to skip lunch and save my lunch money for, oh, the next five years. Here are a few photos from Saturday's races.

Even Wetten, Norway

Vincent Labrie, Canada

Joji Kato, Japan, current world record holder in the 500m

Ermanno Ioriatti, Italy