OBIHIRO, Japan — Canada's women earned silver in team pursuit on Saturday at the season-opening speedskating World Cup in Obihiro, Japan. The trio of Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais and Ivanie Blondin captured silver, only 1.
OBIHIRO, Japan — Canada 's women earned silver in team pursuit on Saturday at the season-opening speedskating World Cup in Obihiro , Japan .
The trio of Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais and Ivanie Blondin captured silver, only 1.22 seconds behind the hometown gold medallists from Japan. Racing in the final pair against their Dutch rivals, the Canadians charged back after a slow start thanks to consistent lap times, finishing the distance in 2:59.25.The silver medal was Canada’s first on the World Cup stage since 2019 in Nagano. The reigning Olympic champions had previously won eight consecutive World Cup gold medals and four straight World Cup titles since the start of the 2020-21 campaign.
Reaching the podium in this weekend’s World Cup opener was made even more special given that the Canadian team was utilizing a unique new strategy for the very first time in international competition, ditching the traditional in-race exchanges and opting instead to have Maltais lead the group from start to finish.The Canadian men's squad of Connor Howe, David La Rue and Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu finished sixth in their team pursuit with a time of 3:45.
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