Canadian short trackers win gold, bronze to cap World Tour opener | CBC Sports

Canada’s men’s 5,000-metre relay team won gold at the season-opening Short Track World Tour event in Montreal on Sunday.

The team of Steven Dubois (Lachenaie, Que), William Dandjinou (Montreal, Que.), Jordan Pierre-Gilles (Sherbrooke, Que.) and Félix Roussel (Sherbrooke, Que.) led for all but two of the 45-laps to finish with a time of six minutes 49.814 seconds, ahead of China (6:50.641) and Netherlands (6:50.774).

Canada also won bronze in the 2,000m mixed gender relay on Sunday,  as Dubois, Roussel, Kim Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.) and Florence Brunelle (Trois-Rivières, Que.) guided the hometown team to bronze in 2:47.875, behind the Dutch (2:37.874) and Koreans (2:38.031).

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Follow the first weekend of World Tour action, Canada sits atop the overall standings for the new ISU Team Crystal Globe with 1,434 points, slightly ahead of Korea (1,324) and the Netherlands (1,217).

The ISU Short Track World Tour returns to Montreal next weekend, from Nov. 1-3, with live coverage from CBC Sports.

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