The men’s national relay team won gold for the third consecutive competition, leading Canada to a three-medal performance on Sunday at a short track speed skating World Cup.
Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Sherbrooke, Que., made a late pass entering the final corner as Canada held off a Dutch team to finish first in six minutes 54.891 seconds.
Pascal Dion, William Dandjinou and Maxime Laoun, all of Montreal, joined Pierre-Gilles in the final. The Netherlands won the silver medal in 6:54.935 and Japan was third in 6:55.648.
The Canadian women’s relay team won silver and Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Que., took silver in the men’s 1,000 metres.
Danaé Blais of Chateauguay, Que., Kim Boutin of Sherbrooke, Que., Courtney Sarault of Moncton, and Renee Steenge of Brampton, Ont., were second in 4:13.564 behind South Korea (4: 12.963). Hungary (4:16.299) won bronze.
Dubois, who won silver in the 500 the previous day, finished in 1:24.775. South Korean Ji Won Park won gold (1:24.573) and Poland’s Roberts Kruzbergs (1:24.917) bronze.
The Canadian short track team won 25 World Cup medals (11-10-4) in the first half of the season.
The team will return to action in February with World Cup stops in Germany and the Netherlands.
The Canadian Press
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