From the famous lido the roller skating champions are off on a 12 and a half mile roll and the pace is as hot as the little wheel you who are used to twirling a pretty roller on a smooth floor can have little idea of the strenuous nature of a roller
Race on the open road but they like it so what does it matter a bunch of them at the halfway mark but in a moment they’ll swing away again into line or six miles more in italy roller skating holds its own you
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