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HAMAR, Norway — Canada’s Laurent Dubreuil captured a silver medal at the ISU world sprint and allround speedskating championships on Saturday.
The 27-year-old from Levis, Que., is only the fourth Canadian to climb the medal podium at the world sprint championships, joining Jeremy Wotherspoon, who won nine medals, Gaetan Boucher (five) and Mike Ireland (four).
Laurent earned second-place results in both the 500 and 1,000 metres on Saturday to clinch second in the overall standings. He was first in the 500 and fifth in the 1,000 on Friday.
“My two 500 and my 1000 today were exceptional races for me,” Dubreuil said. “I was able to manage everything around me to finish second at the world sprint championships, my favourite competition and the hardest and more stressful competition of the season, by far.”
His combined time of 137.700 put him second in the overall standings by 0.47 seconds behind Japan’s Tatsuya Shinhama. Min Kyu Cha of Korea won bronze.
Calgary’s Kaylin Irvine was Canada’s top-ranked woman, finishing a career-best ninth.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 29, 2020.
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