Canadians earned double silver medals in the mass starts on Saturday at the World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships on Calgary’s Olympic Oval.
Live coverage continues Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on CBC Sports’ digital platformsThe Canadian Press
· Posted: Feb 17, 2024 7:27 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Canada’s Ivanie Blondin (16) leads the pack during the women’s mass start semifinals at the World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships on Saturday at Calgary’s Olympic Oval. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)Canadians earned double silver medals in the mass starts on Saturday at the World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships on Calgary’s Olympic Oval.
Dutchwoman Irene Schouten and Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin repeated their Olympic one-two finish in women’s mass start. Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu of Sherbrooke, Que., claimed silver in the men’s mass start behind victorious Bart Swings of Belgium.
WATCH l Gélinas-Beaulieu claims mass start silver for Canada’s 8th medal in Calgary:
Canada’s Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu claims mass start silver for 3rd medal at worldsAntoine Gélinas-Beaulieu of Sherbrooke, Que., places second in the men’s mass start final for his third medal (one gold, one silver, one bronze) at the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships in Calgary.
Schouten recovered from an early fall in the 16-lap mass start to work her way back into the pack. The Dutchwoman edged Blondin in the final sprint as she did in Beijing’s Olympic Games two years ago.
Blondin’s teammate Valerie Maltais fell with just over three laps to go in a collision with Schouten. Gelinas-Beaulieu’s silver medal was the best international result of his career in an individual race.
WATCH l Blondin wins another world-championship medal in mass start:
Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin captures mass start silver at single distances worldsIvanie Blondin of Ottawa finishes second in the women’s mass start final for her third medal (two silver, one gold) at the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships in Calgary.
American star Jordan Stolz won his second gold medal in as many days with his victory in the 1,000-metre event earlier on Saturday.
The 19-year-old became the first male to win world championship gold in three individual distances last year.
He’s a win away from repeating his hat trick at Calgary’s Olympic Oval. Stolz competes in the 1,500-metre race Sunday.
He posted a track-record time of one minute 6.05 seconds less than a month after setting a 1,000-metre world record in Salt Lake City.
Different day… same 🥇 result!
Jordan Stolz 🇺🇲 wins his second #WorldSpeed title of the year, claiming victory in the 1000m 🔥
It’s silver for Zhongyan Ning 🇨🇳 and bronze for Kjeld Nuis 🇳🇱#SpeedSkating pic.twitter.com/SId2SKtE38
—@ISU_SpeedChina’s Ning Zhongyan was second in 1:06.53 and Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands third in 1:06.80.
Japan’s Miho Takagi took the women’s 500 metres in 1:12.83.
China’s Han Mei was the silver medallist in 1:13.27 and Dutchwoman placed third in 1:13.28.
Live coverage of the world championships continues Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem. Play-by-play and colour commentary will be supplied by CBC Sports’ Signa Butler and Anastasia Bucsis, a former Olympic speed skater.
WATCH l Full replay of Day 3 coverage from Calgary:
ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships Calgary: Day 3Watch the third day of action at the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships in Calgary.
