Canadians St-Gelais, Boutin, Hamelin golden at short track World Cup
DRESDEN, Germany — Marianne St-Gelais, Kim Boutin and Charles Hamelin each won gold medals and Valerie Maltais won bronze on Saturday at an ISU short track speedskating World Cup event.
St-Gelais of Saint-Felicien, Que., finished first in the women’s 1,000 metres two spots ahead of Maltais of Saguenay, Que. Boutin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Hamelin of Sainte-Julie, Que., won their respective 1,500-metre races.
St-Gelais earned her seventh individual medal in five World Cup stages so far this season, beating Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands and teammate Maltais.
“It was a good fight with Suzanne Schulting. I wanted to be in a situation where she would be in front of me because I know she is good to do tracks and I don’t want to be surprised in a couple of weeks at the World Championships,” St-Gelais said.