Closing your eyes, you could imagine him on the starting line of the Sarajevo ring, ready to become a national hero. By opening them, Gaétan Boucher found himself in the same place as in his good years, at the top of the rankings.
Time passes as quickly as a skate, the silhouettes are less carved in the rock than at the time, but the pride never disappears. The four-time Olympic medalist and former world champion can attest to that. At 64, not only does Gaétan Boucher take part in the World Masters All-Round Speed Skating Games on weekends, on weekends at the Intact Insurance Ice Center, he does it to win.