Blondin, Gélinas-Beaulieu skate to mass start silver on home ice at worlds in Calgary

Canadians earned double silver medals in the mass starts on Saturday at the World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships on Calgary's Olympic Oval.

Dutchwoman Irene Schouten and Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin repeated their Olympic one-two finish in women's mass start. Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu of Sherbrooke, Que., claimed silver in the men's mass start behind victorious Bart Swings of Belgium.

Schouten recovered from an early fall in the 16-lap mass start to work her way back into the pack. The Dutchwoman edged Blondin in the final sprint as she did in Beijing's Olympic Games two years ago.

Blondin's teammate Valerie Maltais fell with just over three laps to go in a collision with Schouten. Gelinas-Beaulieu's silver medal was the best international result of his career in an individual race.

American star Jordan Stolz won his second gold medal in as many days with his victory in the 1,000-metre event earlier on Saturday.

The 19-year-old became the first male to win world championship gold in three individual distances last year.

He's a win away from repeating his hat trick at Calgary's Olympic Oval. Stolz competes in the 1,500-metre race Sunday.

He posted a track-record time of one minute 6.05 seconds less than a month after setting a 1,000-metre world record in Salt Lake City.

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