Canadian speedskater Dubreuil finishes 12th at World Sprint Championship
CHANGCHUN, China — Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil was second in the men’s 500-metre race Sunday at the ISU World Sprint Championship for a 12th-place overall finish at the weekend event.
The Levis, Que., native was 13th after the first day of competition Saturday.
Dubreuil skated to a time of 34.99 seconds in Sunday’s 500, finishing behind Norway’s Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen (34.96). Dutch skater Ronald Mulder was third (35.04).
Dubreuil finished 14th in the 1,000 later Saturday. He was 10th in the opening 500 on Saturday and 17th in the first 1,000 of the weekend.