Weekend recap: Blondin leads Canada's medal winners

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Speed skater Ivanie Blondin captured a complete set of medals, figure skaters Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha clinched a spot in the Grand Prix Final, and Brooke Henderson finished the golf season with a big payday. Here's a look at the top performances by Canada's Olympic athletes over the weekend:

Speed skating: Ivanie Blondin starts strong

Canada's most decorated active skater won a medal of each colour as she accounted for three of Canada's four podium appearances at the long track World Cup season opener in Japan. Blondin took gold in the women's 3,000 metres, silver in the mass start and teamed with Yankun Zhao for a bronze in the mixed relay. Laurent Dubreuil picked up a silver in the men's 500m.

Blondin's gold in the 3,000 marked her first World Cup victory in an individual race other than the mass start (her signature event) in five years. The mixed relay bronze was Canada's first-ever medal in the discipline, which joined the World Cup program last season. It was also the first World Cup medal for the 20-year-old Zhao.

Last season, Canada's long track skaters averaged about four medals per World Cup stop and went on to win a national-record 10 medals at the single distances world championships in Calgary.

The World Cup tour continues this Friday through Sunday in Beijing.

Figure skating: Lajoie and Lagha grab a spot in the Grand Prix Final

Ice dancers Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha took silver while Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud earned the pairs bronze on Saturday at the Cup of China, the final regular stop on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating tour.

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