(Calgary) The Canadian men’s long track skating team captured gold in the pursuit event at the Four Continents Championships on Friday.
Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary, Hayden Mayeur of Toronto and Albertan Kaleb Muller crossed the finish line in 3:37:22 – well ahead of their closest pursuers.
Kazakhstan (3.51.59) finished more than 14 seconds behind the maple leaf. South Korea (3:54:37) completed the podium.
Canada’s women’s team (03:08, 69), made up of Kali Christ, Regina, Lindsey Kent of Winnipeg, and British Columbian Laura Hall took the silver. They finished half a second behind the Americans (3:08, 19), but 22 seconds ahead of the South Koreans (3: 3062).
Christ also won another medal on the last active day of the competition. She won the bronze medal in the women’s 1000 m after a time of 1 min 16.51. She was beaten by Kazakhe Yekaterina Aidov (1 min 15, 49 s) and the Taiwanese Yu-Ting Huang (1:14:46).
Christ, who has competed in two Olympics, collected four medals in the three-day competition. She also won gold in the 1,500m and bronze in the team sprint.
“Forget the medals, I think I performed up to my expectations,” said Christ. I managed to correct some technical details and translate them into races. The times reflect this. ”
Bloemen, Muller and Mayeur all won three medals in the competition.
The next long track skating event for the Canadians is the Olympic qualifying races, which begin on December 27 in Quebec City. The last tickets to Beijing will be at stake.