https://vo.rs/tags/roller-derby-world-cup/Latest from the Roller Derby World Cup desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:13:00 +0000https://vo.rs/encore/the-roller-derby-world-cup-elbows-aliases-and-diy-sport/<p>Manchester&rsquo;s EventCity spent the first weekend of February hosting thirty-eight national teams, hundreds of skaters on quad roller skates, and a scoreline that ran to triple digits before the tournament was even half done. Team USA held off Australia 187–146 in the final to take their third consecutive Roller Derby World Cup, a result that surprised nobody who has followed the sport since its modern revival, but the more interesting story sits underneath the scoreboard: no international sports federation runs this event. The skaters built it themselves.</p>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:13:00 +0000