Long Track Speed ​​Skating | Laurent Dubreuil wins a second medal in Poland





(Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Quebecer Laurent Dubreuil collected a second medal at the Long Track Speed ​​Skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, thanks to a second place in the 500-meter event on Sunday.



Member of the last duo to take the start, the 29-year-old athlete from Lévis stopped the clock at 34.734 seconds, or 35 thousandths of a second behind the winner, the Japanese Tatsuya Shinhama.

Third place went to Wataru Morishige (34.746 seconds), also from Japan.

Canadians Gilmore Junio ​​(35.278) and Alex Boisvert-Lacroix (35.565) also competed in the race. They finished 18e and 20e, respectively.

Dubreuil’s medal is Canada’s fifth since the start of this first leg of the Long Track Speed ​​Skating World Cup, which ends Sunday.

Dubreuil first won a bronze medal on Friday, also in the 500-meter, before Ted-Jan Bloemen and Isabelle Weidemann each earned a silver record in the 5,000 and 3,000 meters, respectively.

On Saturday, on a less productive day for the Canadian delegation, Valérie Maltais, Ivanie Blondin and Weidemann won Canada the gold medal in the team pursuit.


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