(Almaty) Canada collected three medals Sunday on the final day of the short track speed skating World Cup stop in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Of that number, two were won in relay events, including gold in the men’s 5,000 metres.
William Dandjinou, Pascal Dion, Maxime Laoun and Jordan Pierre-Gilles combined their efforts to achieve a time of six minutes 54,891 seconds. They edged the Dutch quartet by 44 thousandths of a second.
Shortly before, the women’s team of Danaë Blais, Kim Boutin, Courtney Sarault and Renee Marie Steenge helped Canada win silver in the 3000 meters relay.
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The podium for the men’s 5000 meters relay
Their time of 4:13,564 left them around six-tenths of a second behind the South Koreans.
For the rest, Canada had a day below expectations in the individual events, with only one podium in the four races on the bill.
Silver medalist in the 500 meters on Saturday, Quebecer Steven Dubois again took second place on the podium, this time in the 1,000 meters.
After posting the best time in the semifinals at 1:24.722, Dubois missed the gold medal by just over two tenths of a second. In the A final, Dubois covered the distance in 1:24,775 and was only beaten by South Korean Park Ji-won (1:24,573).
Leader in the general classification of the discipline, Dion ranked fourth in Final A, in 1: 25,562. At the end of the day, Dion retains the top of this classification, but has only two points left. advance on the South Korean.
Among the women, Sarault could not do better than first place in the Final B in the 1000 meters, an event in which she dominated the general classification before the day on Sunday.
After a solid performance in the quarterfinals, the athlete from Moncton, New Brunswick, finished fourth in the first wave of the semifinals, which also featured her teammates Kim Boutin and Claudia Gagnon.
Of the trio, Boutin (1: 32,869) was the only one to qualify for Final A. During this final race, Boutin (1: 31,781) had to settle for fourth place, 43 thousandths from third place and the German Anna Seidel.
Dutchman Suzanne Schulting won Final A, a performance that allowed her to move past Sarault in first place in the general classification, with a lead of 40 points.
In the women’s 500 metres, Rikki Doak (44,859) placed sixth in Final A, while Pierre-Gilles led the Canadian delegation in the 500 meters with a third place finish in Final B .