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Junio Earns Top 10 Result in Heerenveen; Blondin Disqualified from Mass Start

Boisvert-Lacroix earns top 500m spot in Division B grouping

HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS – Gilmore Junio was the top Canadian skater on the second day of competition at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Heerenveen, Netherlands, earning a tenth-place finish in the men’s 500m. Ivanie Blondin was disqualified from the ladies mass start, despite putting forth a result that would have also earned her a top 10 spot.

Up-and-Coming Speed Skaters in Calgary for Canadian Junior Short Track Championships

Athletes racing for a spot in January’s World Junior Championships on home ice in Montreal

CALGARY, ALBERTA – Sixty-four of Canada’s top junior short track speed skaters are in action at the Calgary Olympic Oval this weekend for the 2018 Canadian Junior Short Track Championships, presented by Intact Insurance.

Canada’s Long Track Team Continues World Cup Season in Heerenveen

World Cup stop in the Netherlands marks final competition before the New Year

HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS – The Canadian long track team is in Heerenveen, Netherlands this weekend for the fourth stop of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating circuit of the season, which runs from December 14-16. They will look to add to the eight medals they have already won this season in this last competition of the calendar year.

 

Weidemann Wins Silver in Ladies 5000m at World Cup in Tomaszów Mazowiecki

Maltais and Fish both earn top 3 results in Division B races

TOMASZÓW, MAZOWIECKI, POLAND – Isabelle Weidemann captured the silver medal in the ladies’ 5000m on the final day of races at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. It was her second individual podium of the season, adding to the 3000m gold medal she earned two weeks ago in Tomakomai, Japan.

Five Medals for Canada on Final Day of Short Track World Cup in Almaty

Samuel Girard and mixed relay team capture gold; men’s relay skates to silver; ladies relay and Kim Boutin earn bronze

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - Samuel Girard of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Que. was golden in Kazakhstan on Sunday, earning his first international medal of the 2018-19 season at the ISU World Cup Short Track. His time of 40.661 in the men’s 500m was good enough for first place, a position he held from start to finish.

McLean, Dubreuil and Gélinas-Beaulieu Earn Top 10 Finishes at World Cup in Poland

Four different skaters also earn top 3 results in Division B races

TOMASZÓW, MAZOWIECKI, POLAND – A trio of Canadian long track skaters – Heather McLean, Laurent Dubreuil and Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu - earned top 10 finishes in their respective distances during the second day of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating #3 races in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland.

Kim Boutin Captures Silver Medal on Return to World Cup Circuit

Canadian men’s, ladies and mixed gender relay teams all advance to finals on Sunday

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN – Kim Boutin returned to international competition with a podium finish in the ladies 1000m at the 2018 ISU World Cup Short Track in Kazakhstan on Saturday. Boutin skated a time of 1:28.974 to capture the silver medal, an identical result to her second-place finish in the distance during the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang earlier this year.

Canada Opens World Cup in Poland with Bronze Medal in Ladies Team Pursuit

Blondin, Weidemann and Morrison earn second ladies’ team pursuit medal of World Cup season

TOMASZÓW, MAZOWIECKI, POLAND – Canada won a bronze medal in the ladies’ team pursuit on the opening day of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating #3 in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. It was the second podium finish of the season in that event for Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa, Ont. and Keri Morrison of Burlington, Ont., who brought home silver from the last World Cup stage in Tomakomai, Japan.

Canadian Long Track Skaters in Poland for Third World Cup of the Season

Valérie Maltais, three-time Olympian in short track, will make her debut on the long track World Cup circuit

TOMASZÓW, MAZOWIECKI, POLAND – Canada’s long track speed skating team is in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland this weekend for the third stop on this season’s World Cup circuit. Sixteen Canadian skaters will be in action from December 7-9 and will look to build on the six medals and thirteen top 10 results earned during the first two World Cup stages in Japan.

Canada’s Short Track Team Resumes World Cup Season in Kazakhstan

Kim Boutin, triple medalist from the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, will make her international season debut in Almaty

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN – After nearly a month of training, Canada’s short track team is set to return to competition this weekend in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the ISU World Cup Short Track #3. The event runs from December 7-9 at the Halyk Arena and will mark the first time that Kazakhstan will host a World Cup stage in short track.