Weidemann leads Canada to five-medal day at final World Cup speedskating stop
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann won gold in the women’s 3,000-metres as Canada picked up five medals on the opening day of the ISU World Cup Final speedskating competition.
Weidemann finished in a time of three minutes 59.759 seconds on Saturday to finish ahead of Antionette de Jong of the Netherlands and Natalia Voronina of Russia.
As a result of the gold medal at the final meet of the season, Weidemann moved past Ivanie Blondin and finished second in the discipline’s overall standings.
Ottawa’s Blondin, who was fifth on Saturday, finished third overall. Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic finished fourth in the final race of the season to hang on to the overall title with 357 points, just four more than Weidemann.