Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Canada reacts after winning the 500-metre final race at the World Cup short track speedskating event in Montreal, Saturday, October 28, 2023. Pierre-Gilles won gold on Saturday at the World Cup stop in Beijing, China. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
BEIJING – Jordan Pierre-Gilles won gold and William Dandjinou claimed bronze as Canada enjoyed a two-medal day at the short track speedskating World Cup stop in Beijing on Saturday.
Pierre-Gilles, of Sherbrooke, Que., won the men’s 500 metres in a time of 40.711 seconds, beating Quentin Fercoq of France (40.875) and Jens van ‘t Wout of the Netherlands (41.280).
Montreal’s Dandjinou finished third in the men’s 1,500 with a time of two minutes 19.179 seconds.
Korea’s Kim Gun Woo won gold (2:18.934), ahead silver medallist Wenlong LI of China (2:19.009)
The short track World Cup continues Sunday in Beijing.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 9, 2023.
