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News Release from: MultiMediaCard Association
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 24 April 2006
Sponsored skater speeds to title
Massimiliano Presti won this year's Kia Cerato Seoul World Inline Cup on 9th April, the first major race of the 2006 professional inline speed skating championship season
Massimiliano Presti, wearing the yellow and black colours of the MMCmicro Salomon World Team, won this year's Kia Cerato Seoul World Inline Cup on 9th April, the first major race of the 2006 professional inline speed skating championship season. His teammate, Francesco Zangarini, came in third in the race.
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Presti, global champion in World Inline Competition (WIC) last years, and Zangarini, sixth overall in last year's WIC, are two of the five outstanding athletes selected for the 2006 MMCmicro Salomon Inline Skating Team, sponsored by the MultiMediaCard Association, SalomonSports, Samsung Semiconductor and Samsung Techwin (Camera Division).
Along with Luca Presti, Pier Davide Romani, Luca Saggiorato, this team will represent the MMCA and Salomon throughout the 2006 season, which runs from now through October at venues in Taipei, Zurich, Paris, Berlin, Duluth, Minnesota, and other locations around the world.
On receiving the winner's flowers, Presti said: 'We are especially happy to enjoy our first victory of the season here in Seoul, where our sponsor is headquartered'.
'We appreciate your trust in our team, in Salomon and in the exciting inline skating phenomenon which is growing in popularity everywhere'.
'Now you can see how fast our races are and appreciate the evident synergy with the fastest micro memory card in the world'.
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