Canadian brief trackers win gold, bronze to cap World Tour opener

Canada’s guys’s 5,000-metre relay group won gold at the season-opening Short Track World Tour occasion in Montreal on Sunday.

The group of Steven Dubois (Lachenaie, Que), William Dandjinou (Montreal, Que.), Jordan Pierre-Gilles (Sherbrooke, Que.) and Félix Roussel (Sherbrooke, Que.) led for just about 2 of the 45-laps to do with a time of 6 mins 49.814 secs, in advance of China (6:50.641) and Netherlands (6:50.774).

Canada additionally won bronze in the 2,000 m blended sex relay on Sunday, as Dubois, Roussel, Kim Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.) and Florence Brunelle (Trois-Rivi ères, Que.) led the home town group to bronze in 2:47.875, behind the Dutch (2:37.874) and Koreans (2:38.031).

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World Tour gold for Canada’s guys’s relay group in Montreal

A leading gold medal efficiency by Canada’s guys’s relay group in the last at the brief track rate skating World Tour drop inMontreal Sunday

Follow the initial weekend break of World Tour activity, Canada rests atop the general standings for the brand-new ISU Team Crystal Globe with 1,434 factors, somewhat in advance of Korea (1,324) and the Netherlands (1,217).

The ISU Short Track World Tour go back to Montreal following weekend break, fromNov 1-3, with real-time protection from CBC Sports.

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Canada’s blended group relay brief track rate skaters assert World Tour bronze medal

In a wild blended group relay brief track rate skating last Canada had the ability to restore a World Tour bronze medal coating in Montreal Sunday.