Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin was in a bronze medal position with one pair left to go in the women鈥檚 5,000 metres, but was ultimately bumped down to fifth.
Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic, a two-time Olympic champion in the distance, and Russian Natalia Voronina earned silver and bronze respectively.
No one could catch Esmee Visser, who won a sixth speedskating gold medal for the dominant Netherlands.
Ottawa鈥檚 Isabelle Weidemann was sixth.
Pushing for a medal, an exhausted Blondin even clipped her own skate to cause a momentary stumble down the home stretch.
鈥淥nce I鈥檓 crossing the line it鈥檚 almost as if my body鈥檚 numb,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 so much lactic acid ... you can鈥檛 even think straight. I don鈥檛 even know what I was thinking at the end of that race.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an odd feeling, for sure. It almost feels like you鈥檙e about to be put under for surgery.鈥�