The national menB次元官网网址檚 relay team won gold for the third straight competition to lead Canada to a three-medal performance Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup.
Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Sherbrooke, Que., made a late pass in the entry of the final corner as Canada held off a Dutch team to finish first in six minutes 54.891 seconds.
Pascal Dion, William Dandjinou and Maxime Laoun, all from Montreal, joined Pierre-Gilles in the final. The Netherlands took silver in 6:54.935 and Japan was third in 6:55.648.
The Canadian womenB次元官网网址檚 relay team raced to silver and Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Que., took silver in the menB次元官网网址檚 1,000 metres.
Dana茅 Blais of Chateauguay, Que., Kim Boutin of Sherbrooke, Que., Moncton native Courtney Sarault and Renee Steenge of Brampton, Ont., were second in 4:13.564 behind South Korea (4:12.963). Hungary (4:16.299) took the bronze.
Dubois, who won silver in the 500 a day earlier, finished in 1:24.775. South KoreaB次元官网网址檚 Ji Won Park won gold (1:24.573) and PolandB次元官网网址檚 Roberts Kruzbergs (1:24.917) picked up bronze.
The Canadian short-track team won 25 World Cup medals (11-10-4) over the first half of the season.
The squad will return to action in February with World Cup stops in Germany and the Netherlands.
The Canadian Press
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