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Canadian skaters pocket nine medals at Short Track World Tour in Montreal
Canada finished with nine medals, including relay gold, and kept the lead in the Team Crystal Globe standings, officials said.
Canadian skaters Felix Roussel, Steven Dubois, Mathieu Pelletier, and Maxime Laoun won gold in the 5,000m relay final at the ISU Short Track World Tour in Montreal on Sunday, finishing the 48-lap race in 6 minutes, 59.327 seconds.
The Canadian Ice Maples finished the weekend with nine total medals, capping a tremendously successful homestand that energized more than 3,000 fans cheering throughout the competition in Montreal.
Pelletier earned silver in the 1,000 metres, capturing his first individual distance medal on the World Tour, while Danaé Blais secured her first career 500-metre silver on Sunday.
Canada maintains the top position in the ISU Team Crystal Globe rankings with 1,836 points, ahead of the Korean White Tigers and the Dutch Lions .
The ISU Short Track World Tour resumes in three weeks with three consecutive stops in Asia: Seoul , Shanghai , and Beijing .