CALGARY 鈥� The Canadian men鈥檚 long-track speedskating team won gold in the team pursuit Friday on the final day of the Four Continents speedskating championship.
Calgary鈥檚 Ted-Jan Bloemen, Toronto鈥檚 Hayden Mayeur and Kaleb Muller of Cranford, Alta., crossed the finish line in three minutes 37.22 seconds 鈥� well ahead of the next closest team.
Kazakhstan (3:51.59) finished more than 14 seconds behind sa国际传媒. South Korea (3:54.37) won bronze.
The Canadian women 鈥� Regina鈥檚 Kali Christ, Winnipeg鈥檚 Lindsey Kent and Laura Hall of Salmon Arm, sa国际传媒 鈥� were second in their team pursuit (3:08.69), finishing half a second behind the first-place Americans (3:08.19). South Korea came in third (3:30.62).
Christ also added a second podium finish 鈥� a bronze medal in the women鈥檚 1,000-metre event. She posted a time of 1:16.51, beating out Kazakhstan鈥檚 Yekaterina Aidov (1:15.49) and Yu-Ting Huang of Taiwan (1:14.46).
Christ, a two-time Olympian, finished the three-day competition with four medals. She also won gold in the women鈥檚 1,500 and a bronze in the team sprint.
鈥淚 feel really good,鈥� said Christ. 鈥淢edals aside, I鈥檝e started feeling like myself again this week. I鈥檓 actually able to transfer the technical advice that I鈥檓 getting in practice into my racing. It鈥檚 going really well and that鈥檚 showing up in my times."
Bloemen, Muller and Mayeur all won three medals each in the competition.
The next event for sa国际传媒鈥檚 long-track speed skating team is the Olympic skate-off beginning Dec. 27 in Quebec City.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 17, 2021.
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