Canada wins three more medals on final day of opening World Cup stage
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canada won gold in the men’s team sprint on Sunday at the first ISU World Cup stage of the season.
It was one of three long track speed skating medals for Canada on the day as Ted-Jan Bloemen earned silver in the men’s 5,000 metres and Ivanie Blondin took bronze in the women’s 3,000.
Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., Alexandre St-Jean of Quebec City and Vincent De Haitre of Cumberland, Ont., led the Canadians to a dominating victory in the men’s team sprint race in one minute 19.55 seconds. Norway finished second (1:20.00) while Russia was third (1:20.94).
Canada is the reigning World Cup champion in the discipline.