Canadians won two of the four events on the opening day of the Four Continents speed skating championships on Friday, part of a three-medal haul at the Utah Olympic Oval.
Yankun Zhao joined Olympians Laurent Dubreuil and Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu atop the men's team sprint podium, while Connor Howe followed it up with a gold medal of his own in the men's 1,500 metres.
The Canadian trio skated to gold in a season-best time of one minute 18.54 seconds, winning the event by over three seconds in Kearns, Utah, near Salt Lake City.
Kazakhstan placed second in 1:21.71, followed by South Korea (1:22.01). The 20-year-old Zhao filled in for Anders Johnson, who was forced to withdraw due to a last-minute injury.
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