Category: Events: International

Canadian Speed Skaters Celebrate Double Medal Day at World Championships

Middle distance specialist Connor Howe wins 1500m bronze; Ivanie Blondin shines with mass start silver HAMAR, NORWAY – Canada’s long track speed skaters added a silver and bronze to double the team’s medal count at the 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships on Sunday in Hamar, Norway. Ivanie Blondin jumped onto the podium for the… Read more »

Blondin, Maltais and Weidemann lead Canada to Team Pursuit bronze at World Championships

Laurent Dubreuil finishes fourth in men’s 500m, misses podium by one hundredth of a second HAMAR, NORWAY – Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann put their early season struggles behind them and skated to a well-deserved bronze medal in the women’s Team Pursuit on Friday at the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Norway…. Read more »

Canadian women claim Team Sprint silver on opening day of World Championships in Hamar

Brooklyn McDougall, Béatrice Lamarche and Ivanie Blondin lead Canada to third consecutive World Championship podium in the distance HAMAR, NORWAY – Canada kicked off the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Hamar by winning silver in the women’s Team Sprint on Thursday afternoon. Brooklyn McDougall (Calgary, Alta.), Béatrice Lamarche (Quebec City, Que.) and Ivanie Blondin… Read more »

Ice Maples enter World Short Track Championships in Beijing with podium potential

Canadian squad won 37 medals and captured inaugural Team Crystal Globe as top nation on the ISU Short Track World Tour this season BEIJING, CHINA – Canada’s short track speed skating team will look to cap off one of their most successful seasons in recent memory with podium performances at this weekend’s ISU World Short… Read more »

Victor Chartrand captures 1000m bronze to conclude successful World Junior Championships for Canadian short track team

Canada earns four individual distance medals on home ice in Calgary; Mixed Relay team finishes fourth after unfortunate fall in finals CALGARY, ALBERTA – Victor Chartrand won Canada’s lone medal at the ISU World Junior Short Track Championships on Sunday, bringing home bronze in the 1000m at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. Chartrand was in… Read more »