Canadian speedskaters take silver in women's team sprint at world championship

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 13, 2025 7:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Canada's Brooklyn McDougall, Beatrice Lamarche and Ivanie Blondin won metallic successful the women's squad sprint Thursday to unfastened the ISU satellite speedskating championship.

Calgary's McDougall, Quebec City's Lamarche and Ottawa's Blondin finished 2nd successful 1 infinitesimal 27.23 seconds successful their archetypal contention unneurotic arsenic a trio.

McDougall was a precocious replacement for Carolina Hiller of Prince George, B.C., who was unavailable to compete.

"We person a batch of spot successful Brooklyn and we skate good together," Lamarche said. "We're each experienced skaters successful this subject and did bully contiguous adjacent with the hard circumstances."

WATCH | Canada claims women's team sprint silver:

A Dutch squad won golden successful 1:25.57 and a Polish squad won bronze successful 1:27.80.

In long-track competition, Valerie Maltais of La Baie, Que., was the apical Canadian successful sixth spot successful the women's 3,000 metres.

Calgary's Ted-Jan Bloemen was seventh successful the men's 5,000.

Competition continues connected Friday.