Netherlands Canada South Korea bronze Netherlands Canada South Korea

Canadians close out short track world championships with 3 more bronze medals

cbc.ca

Canadians collected three more medals at the short track speed skating world championships in Seoul, South Korea on Sunday. Courtney Sarault, of Moncton, N.B., scored a bronze medal in the women's 1,000-metre final – after favourite Suzanne Schulting was disqualified.

Fellow Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer claimed the world title in the distance in one minute 29.361 seconds, while Choi Min-jeong of South Korea collected silver in 1:29.679.

Sarault finished the race in 1:29.794. Sarault also helped fellow Canadian skaters Kim Boutin, Claudia Gagnon and Renee Marie Steenge capture women's relay bronze.

Canada finished in 4:09.372, behind the Dutch world champions (4:09.056), and silver medallists South Korea (4:09.151). Dubois, of Terrebonne, Que., added his second individual medal of the weekend by winning bronze in the men's 1,000.

Related News
A drafting detection system will be used at the Long Distance World Championships in Ibiza in May to help officials detect riders who are illegally making use of a slipstream, World Triathlon said on Monday.
Celine Boutier of France fired final round of 68 and then prevailed in a one-hole play-off against England's Georgia Hall to win the LPGA Drive On Championship in Arizona.
Fancy Bermudez, a sevens player in her 15s international debut, and Sabrina Poulin each scored two tries as Canada thumped South Africa 66-7 Saturday in its first match since finishing fourth at the Women's Rugby World Cup in November in New Zealand.
Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout in a showdown between two of the game's best players to seal Japan's 3-2 victory over the United States in a riveting World Baseball Classic (WBC) final at Miami's LoanDepot Park on Tuesday.
Switzerland remain unbeaten at the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship as they claimed their sixth win in four days. Silvana Tirinzoni's team were made to work for their latest win, tied at 6-6 heading into the final end, before holding their nerve to deliver a 7-6 win over joint-second placed Canada to continue as the only unbeaten team in the competition. Ad The victory ended a three-match win streak for Canada, who came closest to defeating the Swiss side at this World Championships.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.