Laurent Dubreuil wins third gold at Four Continents speedskating championships

By The Canadian Press on December 4, 2022.

QUEBEC – Laurent Dubreuil won his third gold as Canada captured four more medals on the final day of racing at the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships.

Dubreuil dominate in the men’s 1,000 metre race, adding to the titles he earned in Friday’s 500 and Team Sprint.

The Lévis, Que., native crossed the finish line in one minute, 9.278 seconds, comfortably ahead of Koreans Seong-Hyeon Park (1:09.838) and Tae-Yun Kim (1:10.252).

The Canadian trio of Béatrice Lamarche, Valérie Maltais and Maddison Pearman was also golden in the women’s team pursuit, finishing first in a time of 3:06.877. China was second and Korea was third.

Korea won the men’s team pursuit in a time of 3:47.172. The Canadian team of Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu, Jake Weidemann and Max Halyk finished a shade behind in 3:47.511. China was a distant third.

Lamarche won Canada’s first medal of the day, capturing bronze in the women’s 1,000 in 1:17.393. Korea’s Min-Sun Kim won gold (1:16.066), and Kazakhstan’s Yekaterina Aydova earned silver (1:16.191).

Canada won a total of 14 medals at the new Centre de glace Intact Assurance in Quebec City’s first international long-track speedskating competition in 30 years.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2022.

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