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Vancouver short track World Tour opener: Canada wins women's 3000m relay gold, Montreal's Laoun takes 500m silver
On Saturday night at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum, Canada's women's team won the 3000m relay final in 4:13.609 after leaders Italy and the Netherlands collided on the final lap, and Montreal's Maxime Laoun took silver in the men's 500m in 40.725 seconds, behind the Netherlands' Jens van 't Wout.
Why it matters
International short track returned to Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum after 16 years, and Canada marked the occasion with gold and silver on opening night: a dramatic last-lap relay win, and a 500m silver decided by 0.174 seconds.
Full report
According to Team Canada on October 25, the women's 3000m relay final was won by Florence Brunelle, Courtney Sarault, Claudia Gagnon and Danae Blais. Canada sat third going into the final lap, then moved ahead when the leading Italian and Dutch teams collided, winning in 4 minutes 13.609 seconds; South Korea took silver in 4:13.881 and the Netherlands took bronze.
In the men's 500m final, Montreal's Maxime Laoun finished second in 40.725 seconds. Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands won in 40.551 seconds, Furkan Akar of Turkey took bronze, and reigning Olympic 500m champion Steven Dubois of Laval crashed on the final corner and finished fourth.
Brunelle said afterwards that skating in front of 3,492 fans was incredible, and that bringing short track back to Vancouver and helping people fall in love with the sport was the team's hope. The event concludes on Sunday with the mixed relay, women's 500m, men's 1000m, women's 1500m and men's 5000m relay.
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