Dubreuil picks up his 2nd speed skating silver medal over 500m at Poland World Cup

A model of consistency of late, Canadian speed skater Laurent Dubreuil collected his second silver medal in three days over 500 metres in Sunday's World Cup men's race in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.

Dubreuil, who clocked 34.70 seconds behind Kazakhstan's Yevgeniy Koshkin (34.52), continues his strong form after becoming the first Canadian in nearly 20 years to reach the podium at Milwaukee's Pettit National Ice Center last month, where he took bronze in the 500m.

Marek Kania of Poland also reached the medal podium, finishing 6-100ths of a second behind Dubreuil, who has earned 41 medals on the international scene.

The Lévis, Que., skater reached the finish in 34.73 on Friday in a race won by American superstar Jordan Stolz in 34.49. Stolz has 130-point lead over Dubreuil in the season standings for the discipline, with the Canadian extending his hold on second place over Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan to 27 points.

Dubreuil now has six gold, 21 silver and 14 bronze medals since joining the World Cup circuit during the 2011-12 season.

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Quebec's Laurent Dubreuil speeds to his 2nd 500m silver medal of the weekend in Poland

The speed skater was also won eight career medals (three gold, two silver, three bronze) at the world single-distance championships and has two medals from the world sprint championships.

"After the last Olympics, I challenged myself — I was at 24 medals at that point, and I wanted to shoot for 50," Dubreuil said earlier this week. "It seemed a bit ambitious back then, but I won seven the year after the Olympics, five last season and I'm at four this season. Winning 50 medals is now the goal."

Anders Johnson of Burnaby, B.C., was