If you thought Australian speed skating is and has always been all about Colin Coates, you’ve either been living under a rock or you need to think again. With the help and support of Desly Hill, former inline skaters Daniel Greig and Joshua Lose successfully switched to long track speed skating a couple of years ago, and now slowly but surely seem to be making their way to the top. Where Greig looks back on an impressive World Sprints in Heerenveen last January with several national records, Lose made a name for himself with his tenth-place finish in the 5000m at the World Single Distances Championships in Inzell last March. So how did these two Australians end up training for actual skating on actual ice, how successful were they as inliners and what terrible accident almost ended Lose’s career? Read all about this and more in this three-part story on Australian speed skating. In this first part, Daniel Greig will be the main focus, Joshua Lose will be featured in part 2, and for part 3 Speedskating-online talked to Desly Hill, their coach.
By Jolanda Abbes

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