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Montreal's Rikki Doak wins silver in the 500m at short track worlds

Montreal's Rikki Doak wins silver in the 500m at short track worlds

CBC16-03-2025

Rikki Doak finished just 0.154 seconds from the top of the podium at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Beijing.

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Steven Dubois wins 3 races to highlight Canada's 7-medal Sunday at short track worlds

Social Sharing Canada's men's short track relay team joined their women's counterparts on the top of the speed skating podium, one of four gold in a seven-medal haul Sunday at at the ISU world championships in Beijing. Canada, which earned three medals on Saturday, won the most events outright at worlds for the first time since 1994, according to NBC Sports. William Dandjinou, Steven Dubois, Maxime Laoun and Felix Roussel posted a time of six minutes 41.271 seconds over 5,000 metres, followed by China (6:41.840) and South Korea (6:41.891). WATCH | Dubois leads Canada's men to relay gold in Beijing: Canada's men skate to 5,000m relay gold in Beijing 56 minutes ago Duration 9:10 Courtney Sarault, Rikki Doak, Florence Brunelle and Kim Boutin were victorious in the women's 3,000 relay on Saturday. Montreal's Dandjinou also prevailed in the men's 1,500m over Stijn Desmet of Belgium, stopping the clock in 2:15.064, and grabbed silver in the 1,000 (1:23.352) behind Dubois of Terrebonne, Que., who clocked 1:23.348. WATCH | Dubois, teammate Dandjinou place 1-2 in men's 1,000 metres: 1 hour ago Duration 4:08 Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Que., narrowly edged Montreal's William Dandjinou by .004 seconds to claim gold at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships. Sunday's relay win was the third of the day for Dubois, who captured the mixed relay with Boutin, Brunelle and Danjinou in 2:36.232 over Italy (2:36.619). A day earlier, Dubois captured gold in the men's 500. Doak and Sarault collected individual silver on Sunday in the 500 and 1,500. Doak, who hails from Fredericton, crossed the finish line in 42.286. Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands was victorious in 42.132. WATCH | Doak grabs silver in women's 500m: Montreal's Rikki Doak wins silver in the 500m at short track worlds 46 minutes ago Duration 5:29 Rikki Doak finished just 0.154 seconds from the top of the podium at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Beijing. Sarault, from Moncton, N.B., reached the finish in 2:27.194 behind South Korea's Minjeong Choi (2:27.136). Canada's Courtney Sarault secures her 2nd individual silver medal of the weekend at the worlds 34 minutes ago Duration 7:46 Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., took second place in the women's 1,500 metres at Beijing's short track world championships.

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