Speed skating: women’s pursuit team sets another national record
Gold medals and breaking records: just another weekend for Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais.
The trio won a World Cup gold and set the national record last week in Salt Lake City with a time of 2:52.39.
On Saturday, they outdid themselves on home turf. They edged out Team Japan with a time of 2:52.07 en route to another gold. China finished a distant third with a time of 2:58.43.
— Speed Skating Canada | Patinage de Vitesse Canada (@SSC_PVC) December 11, 2021
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Gold Medal Team Pursuit
Valérie Maltais@i_weidemann @IvanieB @CBCOlympics @RC_Sports @TeamCanada @Equipe_Canada @OSSA @PatinVitesseQc pic.twitter.com/Z1cfAkhT4K
The trio of Blondin, Weidemann, and Maltais are three-for-three this season in the team pursuit.
READ: Canadian women capture team pursuit gold at World Cup in Poland
In the men’s 1500m, it was Connor Howe’s first time on the individual podium. Howe claimed the first World Cup medal of his career after skating to a personal best 1:42.42 on Saturday.
The 21-year-old had been coming up just short of the podium, but broke through with a strong final sprint and was all smiles afterwards.
— Speed Skating Canada | Patinage de Vitesse Canada (@SSC_PVC) December 11, 2021
After being close to the podium all season long, @Connor_Howe00 stepped onto his first World Cup podium with a silverin the 1500m in Calgary.@CBCOlympics @RC_Sports @TeamCanada @Equipe_Canada @AB_SpeedSkating pic.twitter.com/BSliVDVou4
Howe was just 0.56 seconds off of American Joey Mantia. Norway’s Allan Dahl Johansson finished third.
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