Blondin, Weidemann, Maltais win team pursuit gold at speed skating World Cup

11.02.2023 - 23:17 cbc.ca

The Canadian women's speed skating team remained undefeated in team pursuit on the World Cup circuit, racing to gold Saturday in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.

Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., along with the Ottawa duo of Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann combined for a winning time of 3:00.97 to secure long track gold for the third straight event.

The Netherlands finished second, 0.77 seconds back of Canada, while the American trio took bronze with a time of 3:04.01. The trio also walked away with gold medals in the first World Cup stop of the season in Stavanger, Norway, in November, and the third World Cup stop in Calgary in December.

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Canada's women's pursuit team of Isabelle Weidemann, Valerie Maltais, and Ivanie Blondin secured a gold medal at the ISU World Speed Skating Championship in Heerenveen, Netherlands on Friday.

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