Etiket: Speed
Short track speed skating | Kim Boutin crowned world champion in the 500 meters
(Rotterdam) Quebecer Kim Boutin was crowned world champion in the 500 meters on Saturday at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships. Posted at 12:08 p.m. Boutin completed the distance…
Speed up the recharge time of lithium-ion batteries
This text is part of the special section Electric and intelligent transport Teams of researchers and chemistry students from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) and McGill University are…
Long track speed skating | Valérie Maltais beats her personal best in the 500m
Valérie Maltais took part in a first 500m since 2022 on Saturday at the All-Distance Long Track Speed Skating World Championships. Despite preparation that was limited to say the least,…
can we compare the top speed of Kylian Mbappé to that of Usain Bolt?
The French striker was flashed at 38 km/h Tuesday evening during PSG’s victory against Real Sociedad (2-1) in the Champions League. Fast, but far from the standards of the Jamaican,…
World Speed Skating Championships | A second wind for Valérie Maltais
Valérie Maltais’ coaches recommended that she skate with passion, without pressure, on Sunday at the World Long Track Speed Skating Championships. They told him to enjoy the moment in front…
World Speed Skating Championships | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu, vice-world champion in the mass start
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu collected his third medal in three days on Saturday at the Long Track Speed Skating Worlds Published at 9:15 p.m. Very friendly by nature, Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu likes to…
In Poland, Quebecers shine in short track speed skating
Canada began the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Gdansk on Saturday with a haul of four medals: one gold, one silver and two bronze. Montreal’s Pascal Dion found…
World Speed Skating Championships | Silver for Laurent Dubreuil, gold for Jordan Stolz
The long-awaited duel delivered on its promises! Opposed to the hyper favorite Jordan Stolz in the last pair, Laurent Dubreuil lived up to his status as a man of special…
Short Track Speed Skating | Canadians win three medals in Germany
William Dandjinou, Félix Roussel and Steven Dubois celebrated the resumption of activities in the short track speed skating World Cup circuit in style by all three climbing onto the podium…
Long track speed skating | Stolz wins the first “battle of Quebec”, Dubreuil second
(Quebec) The American Jordan Stolz won the first round of the “battle of Quebec”, ahead of local favorite Laurent Dubreuil in the first 500 meters of the World Cup presented…
Long track speed skating | Cédrick Brunet gives “a good show”, but misses his qualification
Cédrick Brunet could have made a mistake after missing his selection for the World Championships in Calgary by seven hundredths of a second in the 500 meters on Saturday afternoon.…
a start-up develops a robotic arm to speed up house construction
With its technology, aptly named BotBuilt – built by a robot in French – this company hopes to help fight the housing shortage in the United States. Published on 01/11/2024…
Losing speed in the polls, Biden accelerates his electoral campaign with Trump in his sights
Joe Biden will try to boost his campaign for the 2024 US presidential election with a major speech on Friday highlighting the risks that, according to him, Donald Trump poses…
Short track speed skating | Two more medals for Canadians in Seoul
(Seoul) Another double podium, this time William Dandjinou and Steven Dubois, allowed Canada to increase the country’s medal total to six at the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in…
Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge | More photo radars and a reduced maximum speed from Monday
Quebec will intensify its surveillance by photo radar on the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge, still deprived of four out of six lanes, in the hope of making motorists slow down. The maximum…
Long track speed skating | Laurent Dubreuil wins gold in 500 meters
Laurent Dubreuil enjoyed his first World Cup victory of the season on Sunday in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, where he won the 500m. The Lévisien stopped the clock at 34.73 s…
Short track speed skating | Jordan Pierre-Gilles adds two gold medals in Beijing
Winner of Saturday’s 500m at the Beijing Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, Jordan Pierre-Gilles won the second 500m contested on Sunday. He then added a third gold medal to…
Long track speed skating | Laurent Dubreuil returns to the podium in Poland
For a rare time this season, long track speed skater Laurent Dubreuil was all smiles after crossing the finish line in the 500m at the World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki,…
Long track speed skating | Laurent Dubreuil wins silver in Poland
(Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Laurent Dubreuil, of Lévis, collected a second silver medal this season at the Long Track Speed Skating World Cup on Saturday. Published at 11:46 a.m. Dubreuil clocked 34.70…
Long track speed skating | Valérie Maltais at the foot of the podium in Norway
Long track speed skater Valérie Maltais came within two seconds of winning a second medal at the World Cup in Stavanger, Norway. The Quebecer gave everything in the 5000 m…