Laurent Dubreuil wins 500m bronze medal in long track speed skating

Laurent Dubreuil has won the bronze medal in long track speed skating’s men’s 500m event at Milano Cortina 2026.

Skating in the 10th pairing, Dubreuil broke the Olympic record with his time of 34.26 seconds. He then had to sit and wait and watch five more pairings. In the third last pairing, Jordan Stolz of the United States and Jenning de Boo of the Netherlands both beat Dubreuil’s time, clocking 33.77 and 33.88, respectively. But no one afterwards could push the Canadian off the podium.

It’s Dubreuil’s second career Olympic medal, having won silver in the men’s 1000m at Beijing 2022. That came on the heels of some disappointment in the 500m, in which he finished fourth and missed the podium by just 0.03.

It’s Canada’s sixth Olympic medal all time in the men’s 500m, but first since Nagano 1998 when Jeremy Wotherspoon and Kevin Crockett shared the podium after winning silver and bronze, respectively.

More to come.