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CBC
16-03-2025
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Ivanie Blondin wins silver for 8th career mass start medal at world championships
Social Sharing Canada's Ivanie Blondin claimed silver in the women's mass start for her third medal at the 2025 world single distances championships in Hamar, Norway. The 34-year-old from Ottawa finished 0.2 seconds behind Dutch long-tracker Marijke Groenewoud, who won her third mass start world title with a time of eight minutes 23.17 seconds in the final event of the four-day competition. Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida clocked 8:23.58 for bronze. Canada's Ivanie Blondin skates to mass start silver in Hamar 2 hours ago Duration 11:33 Blondin finished second in the event for the fourth straight year after winning it in 2020, collecting her eighth career mass start medal at the world championships. The 2022 Olympic silver medallist won two World Cup silver medals and a bronze in the discipline this season. Blondin also helped Canada earn a team sprint silver medal in Hamar on Thursday and bronze in Friday's team pursuit, marking the second straight year she has reached the podium in all three events at worlds. She raced in the women's 1,500 metres earlier Sunday, finishing eighth as the top Canadian in 1:56.31. Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., was eighth in the mass start and 13th in the 1,500m. Connor Howe, from Canmore, Alta., opened the day with a bronze medal in the men's 1,500m, finishing 0.07 seconds behind American silver medallist Jordan Stolz (1:44.71). Norway's own Peder Kongshaug sent Stolz, a 20-year-old phenom, home without a world title for the first time since his 2022 debut — dethroning the two-time defending champion with a time of 1:44.64. Saint-Lambert, Que., native David La Rue (1:47.38) was 16th. Stolz, who swept the men's 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m events at the previous two world championships, took silver in Friday's 500 and bronze in Saturday's 1,000. Canada's Connor Howe takes 1,500m bronze at World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships 5 hours ago Duration 3:36 Connor Howe of Canmore, Alta., finished with a time of 1:44.78 to take third place in the men's 1,500 meters from the worlds in Hamar, Norway.
CBC
16-03-2025
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- CBC
Canada's Ivanie Blondin skates to mass start silver in Hamar
Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa, Ontario., was bested only by Marijke Groenewoud at the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships from Norway.
CBC
15-03-2025
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- CBC
Watch the world speed skating single distances championships
ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships: Day 3 - Hamar Live in 3 hours Click on the video player above beginning at 6:50 a.m. ET watch live coverage of the world speed skating distance championships Hamar, Norway. CBC Sports hosts Anastasia Bucsis and Signa Butler have all the action covered as Canada is led by Ivanie Blondin. The Ottawa native is a five-time world champion and double Olympic medallist who led all Canadians with eight World Cup podiums this season. On the men's side, Canada will be counting on Laurent Dubreuil. The 32-year-old sprinter won the men's 500m (the shortest race in long track) at the 2021 world championships before taking silver each of the last two years while grabbing an Olympic silver in the 1,000m in 2022. How to watch: Every race will be streamed live on and CBC Gem. The CBC TV network will have additional coverage on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. Here's the full schedule of events. The full list of Canadians competing: Men Ted-Jan Bloemen: 5,000m, 10,000, Laurent Dubreuil: 500m, 1,000m, team sprint Christopher Fiola: 500m Graeme Fish: 5,000m, 10,000m Connor Howe: 1,000m, 1,500m, team sprint Anders Johnson: 500m, team sprint David La Rue: 1,000m, 1,500m, mass start Women Ivanie Blondin: 1,500m, 3,000m, mass start, team sprint, team pursuit Laura Hall: 5,000m Rose Laliberté-Roy: 500m Béatrice Lamarche: 1,000m, team sprint Valerie Maltais: 1,500m, 3,000m, mass start, team pursuit Brooklyn McDougall: 500m, team sprint Isabelle Weidemann: 3,000m, 5,000m, team pursuit
CBC
14-03-2025
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- CBC
Canada claims women's team pursuit bronze at speed skating worlds
Canada's Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann finish third in the women's team pursuit event at the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships in Hamar, Norway.
CBC
13-03-2025
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- CBC
World speed skating single distances championships
Click on the video above to watch live coverage of the world speed skating distance championships today at 12:50 a.m. ET in Hamar, Norway. CBC Sports hosts Anastasia Bucsis and Signa Butler have all the action covered as Canada is led by Ivanie Blondin. The Ottawa native is a five-time world champion and double Olympic medallist who led all Canadians with eight World Cup podiums this season. On the men's side, Canada will be counting on Laurent Dubreuil. The 32-year-old sprinter won the men's 500m (the shortest race in long track) at the 2021 world championships before taking silver each of the last two years while grabbing an Olympic silver in the 1,000m in 2022. How to watch: Every race will be streamed live on and CBC Gem, starting today. The CBC TV network will have additional coverage on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. Here's the full schedule of events. ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships: Day 1 - Hamar Live in 2 minutes Watch the opening day of the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships from Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway. The full list of Canadians competing: Men Ted-Jan Bloemen: 5,000m, 10,000, Laurent Dubreuil: 500m, 1,000m, team sprint Christopher Fiola: 500m Graeme Fish: 5,000m, 10,000m Connor Howe: 1,000m, 1,500m, team sprint Anders Johnson: 500m, team sprint David La Rue: 1,000m, 1,500m, mass start Women Ivanie Blondin: 1,500m, 3,000m, mass start, team sprint, team pursuit Laura Hall: 5,000m Rose Laliberté-Roy: 500m Béatrice Lamarche: 1,000m, team sprint Valerie Maltais: 1,500m, 3,000m, mass start, team pursuit Brooklyn McDougall: 500m, team sprint Isabelle Weidemann: 3,000m, 5,000m, team pursuit
