Canada’s male athletic relay team joined its female counterparts at the top of the speed skating podium, one of the three gold on a six -measure tour on Sunday in the ISU World Championship in Beijing.
A medal of 10 that shows in general represents the best performance in the country since the podium reached 10 times in 1996, while the six gold were the most important since the ’94 when Canada won seven.
“All this is quite crazy, there are really no other words,” said team member Steven Dubois to Speed Skating Canada. “We expected some good results, and we knew we had a chance in each distance, but so that we literally win everything we play on the ice this weekend is surreal.
“We are the strongest team and we show it. It feels good to finish the year with such a good note.”
Canada also ended the season with 37 medals in six world tour stops. This summer, the athletes will begin the Olympic trip to Milan-Cortina in the Track Canadian Championship from August 23 to 31 in Montreal.
In the 5,000 male relay on Sunday, William Dandjinou, Maxime Laoun, Felix Roussel and Dubois returned to the top of the podium in the capital interior stadium, where 2022 Olympic gold claimed.
Look | Dubois takes Canada’s men to transmit gold in Beijing:
Maxime Laun, Felix Roussel, Steven Dubois and William Dandjinou defeated China and Korea to the upper podium in the athletics fields.
His six minutes 41,271 seconds in 45 laps was enough to defeat China (6: 41,840) and South Korea (6: 41,891).
“Beijing really has a special place in my heart. We were crowned Olympic champions here and now world champions,” Laun said. “As a team, we have not won the world male relay championships since 2013. It is a title that we wanted badly and throughout the year we were working for this goal.”
Courtney Sarault, Rikki Doak, Florence Brunelle and Kim Boutin left victorious in the relay of 3,000 women on Saturday.
Dubois of Terrebonne, which., Also prevailed in men of 1,000m male, registering 1: 23,348 in an end of 1-2 with Dandjinou de Montreal (1: 23.352).
Dubois stopped with six laps to go and stopped Dandjinou, who rounded the final corner with speed and extended in the finish line to try to steal the first place to his teammate.
Look | Dubois, his teammate Dandjinou Place 1-2 in men of 1,000 meters of men:
Steven Dubois de Terrebonne, which., Extended by little William Dandjinou de Montreal for .004 seconds to claim gold in the World Skating Championship Championship.
The victory of Sunday’s relay was the third victory of the day for Dubois, who captured the mixed relay more than 2,000m with Boutin, Brunelle and Danjinou in 2: 36,232 over Italy (2: 36.619) for the first Medal of Canada in the distance since it was introduced into the World Championship program in 2023.
A day before, Dubois captured gold in the 500 men.
Doak and Sarault collected individual money on Sunday at 500 and 1,500.
Doak, who comes from Fredericton, crossed the finish line at 42,286 for his first podium in Worlds.
Starting in the second position, the 26 -year -old was advanced after the initial weapon, but could not defend himself from the sprinter Xandra Velzebeer of the Netherlands, who passed it during the third round and crossed in 42,132. Boutin was fifth (44,646).
Look | Doak grabs silver in 500m female:
Rikki Doak ended only 0.154 seconds from the top of the podium in the World Short Speed Skating Championship in Beijing.
“I am very happy with the way I ran today. Winning my first world championship medal is crazy,” said Doak. “I felt very good in my careers, which gave me confidence to be able to do what I did.”
Sarault, from Moncton, NB, won the fifth individual world medal of his career, Rocking 2: 27,194 behind the Minjeong Choi of South Korea (2: 27,136).
Look | Sarault assures 1,500 m of silver in China:
Courtney Sarault de Moncton, NB, took second place in the 1,500 female meters in the Beijing World Sorth World Championship.
