Sarault wins 1,000m, relay gold on big day for Canadian short track speed skaters

Courtney Sarault won gold in the women's 1,000 metres, then joined the relay team for another podium-topping performance on the final day of the season-ending World Cup speed skating event in Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Canadian skaters ended up with five medals overall on Sunday. Kim Boutin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Fredericton's Rikki Doak added silver and bronze in the women's 500 and Montreal's Pascal Dion earned his second 1,000 silver medal of the weekend.

Sarault, from Moncton, N.B., rebounded with a winning performance in the 1,000 in a time of one minute 32.93 seconds after finishing fourth in Saturday's 1,500.

She moved from fourth place to first in the second part of the race, passing Belgium's Hanne Desmet from the outside before overtaking Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands (bronze, 1:33.137) and Gili Kim of Korea (silver, 1:33.037) from the inside to grab the top spot.

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It was Sarault's second 1,000 gold medal of the season and secured her second place in the overall rankings with 776 points.

"Before the race I was pretty tired, but really tried to mentally get into my rhythm and just race my race," Sarault said. "I felt no leg pain when I was making the pass, so I'm really happy I had enough legs for it.

Schulting (1,062 points), clinched first overall and captured the inaugural Crystal Globe trophy as the World Cup's top female skater.

Canadian skaters swept the women's 1,000 races on the weekend after Boutin finished first in Saturday's event.

Later, Sarault, Boutin and Doak teamed up with Renee Steenge of Brampton, Ont., to win women's relay gold. The Canadians picked up speed with seven laps remaining and never looked back, coasting to their sixth medal