Canadian long track speed skater Valérie Maltais continued her strong season with a bronze medal in the women's 3,000 metres at the World Cup in Salt Lake City on Friday.
The 33-year-old from La Baie, Que., reached the podium with a time of three minutes 59.71 seconds on the opening day of competition at the Utah Olympic Oval.
Joy Beune of the Netherlands won gold in a personal-best 3:56.86, one spot ahead of fellow Dutch skater Irene Schouten (3:58.20).
Maltais took home a pair of gold medals on the same ice last week at the Four Continents Championships, in the 3,000m and the women's team pursuit alongside Olympic champion teammates Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann.
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