Steven Dubois, right, of Canada competes against Roberts Kruzbergs of Latvia during the quarterfinal of the men's 1,500-meter at the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2023 in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 10, 2023. Canada earned three bronze medals on the final day of the short track speedskating world championships on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ahn Young-joon
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Canada earned three bronze medals on the final day of the short track speedskating world championships on Sunday.
Steven Dubois claimed his second medal of the competition in the men’s 1,000 metres, while Courtney Sarault took a medal in both the women’s 1000 and the women’s 3000 relay race.
Dubois, who won silver in the 500 on Saturday, made it into the final after getting bumped off the track in the semifinal. The Lachenaie, Que., native (1:28.069) beat out South Korea’s Hong Kyung-Hwan (1:28.071) in a photo finish for the final spot on the podium.
South Korea’s Park Ji-won claimed gold (1:27.741) and Belgium’s Stijn Desmet grabbed silver (1:27.974).
In the women’s 1000, Sarault (1:29.794) placed behind South Korea’s Choi Min-Jeong (1:29.679) and Xandra Velzeboer (1:29.361) of the Netherlands.
It was the Moncton, N.B., native’s fourth career medal on the worlds stage after winning three in 2021 to be crowned vice world champion.
Sarault, along with Claudia Gagnon, Kim Boutin and Renee Steenge, later won Canada’s lone relay medal in the 3000. The Canadians ( 4:09.372) finished behind South Korea (4:09.151) and the Netherlands (4:09.056).
Canada finished the world championships with six total medals.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 12, 2023.
