Canadians win 3 gold medals at short track worlds in Beijing

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The Canadian abbreviated way velocity skating squad won 3 golden medals and added a metallic astatine the satellite championships successful Beijing connected Saturday.

Will Dandijinou, Steven Dubois, and women's relay squad each onslaught gold

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· Posted: Mar 15, 2025 8:23 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

A velocity skater points his digit upward successful celebration.

The Canadian abbreviated way velocity skating squad won 3 golden medals and added a metallic astatine the satellite championships successful Beijing connected Saturday.

The Canadian women's relay squad of Courtney Sarault (Moncton, N.B.), Rikki Doak (Fredericton), Florence Brunelle (Trois-Rivières, Que.), and Kim Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.) won golden successful the 3,000-metre final.

The Candians crossed the enactment successful 4 minutes, 9.254 seconds, holding disconnected metallic medallists Poland (4:09.321) and the bronze-medal winning squad from the Netherlands (4:09.392).

Montreal's Will Dandjinou won golden successful the men's 1,500m final, stopping the timepiece successful 2:15.064. Stijn Desmet of Belgium won metallic successful (2:15.176) portion Liu Shaoang of China (2:15.871) took the bronze medal.

Steven Dubois besides won golden for Canada successful the men's 500m final. The Terrebonne, Que., autochthonal finished successful 40.008 seconds, up of Denis Nikisha of Kakahkstan (40.096). Jens van'T Wout (40.163) took bronze.

WATCH | Dubois scores 500m gold:

Canada's Steven Dubois captures 500m golden astatine abbreviated way worlds

Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Que., skates to the apical of the podium astatine the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships successful Beijing.

Sarault added an idiosyncratic metallic successful the women's 1,000m final, which was won by Hanne Desmet of Belgium (1:28.641). Sarault (1:28.929) bushed retired Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer (1:28.991) for 2nd place.

The afloat database of Canadians astatine the abbreviated way worlds:

Men

William Dandjinou: 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m
Steven Dubois: 500m, 1,000m
Maxime Laoun: 1,500m
Jordan Pierre-Gilles: 500m
Félix Roussel: 1,000m, 1500m

Women

Danaé Blais: 1,000m, 1,500m
Kim Boutin: 500m
Florence Brunelle: 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m
Rikki Doak: 500m
Courtney Sarault: 1,000m, 1,500m

Each Canadian skater is besides eligible to vie successful relays.

How to watch:

Every medal contention volition beryllium streamed unrecorded connected CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, starting astatine 2 a.m. ET connected some Saturday and Sunday. Here's the afloat docket of events.

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