{"id":7524,"date":"2022-10-16T18:36:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T22:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedskating.ca\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2022-10-16T18:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T22:38:54","slug":"kim-boutin-and-steven-dubois-crowned-canadian-short-track-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedskating.ca\/kim-boutin-and-steven-dubois-crowned-canadian-short-track-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Boutin and Steven Dubois crowned Canadian short track champions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Val\u00e9rie Maltais and Connor Howe bring home national titles in Mass Start<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
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QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC \u2013 Kim Boutin and Steven Dubois were crowned this year’s Canadian short track champions, concluding three long competition days at the Canadian Speed Skating Championships in Quebec City. It was the third consecutive national titles of their respective careers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.) earned four medals \u2013 three gold and one silver \u2013 to finish the weekend with 19,000 points, placing her 1,800 points clear of second-place finisher Courtney Sarault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Boutin won both individual distances on Sunday, finishing the 500m-2 in 43.665 and the 1000m-2 in 1:37.438. The four-time Olympic medalist was joined on the 500m podium by Ren\u00e9e Steenge (43.758) and Rikki Doak (43.848), and by Sarault (1:38.007) and Steenge (1:38.162) in the 1000m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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On the men\u2019s side, Dubois (Lachenaie, Que.) topped the leaderboard with 20,000 points thanks to four gold medals, two in the 500m and one in both the 1000m and 1500m. He finished the competition with a 3,000-point cushion over his closest competitor, Pascal Dion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Dubois (40.574) bested Maxime Laoun (40.807) and Mathieu Pelletier (41.852) in the 500m, then defeated Dion (1:28.394) and F\u00e9lix Roussel (1:28.501) in the 1000m, crossing the finish line in 1:28,271.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Canada\u2019s short track team kicks off their international season with the ISU World Cup Short Track<\/a> in Montreal, which will take place October 28-30 at the Maurice Richard Arena. Tickets are now on-sale, with single-day passes starting at $9.95 for kids and $24.95 for adults, and weekend passes ranging from $19.95 for kids and $34.95 for adults.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Val\u00e9rie Maltais and Connor Howe bring home national titles in mass start<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Val\u00e9rie Maltais and Connor Howe were crowned national champions in the Mass Start on the final day of long track racing, their first of their respective careers in the distance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Maltais (La Baie, Que.) crossed the finish line in 8:49.716, narrowly outstretching Maddison Pearman (8:49.721) for the top spot. Quebec City\u2019s B\u00e9atrice Lamarche (8:50.710) brought home the bronze medal \u2013 her third of the weekend \u2013 in front of her hometown crowd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Yesterday\u2019s 1500m champion Howe (7:49.623) was the winner of an exciting men\u2019s final \u2013 one that included many lead changes and falls from contenders Antoine G\u00e9linas-Beaulieu and Graeme Fish, among others. The Canmore native was joined on the podium by Hayden Mayeur (7:49.880) and Jake Weidemann (7:49.913).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The international long track season get\u2019s underway this November, with World Cup stops in Norway and the Netherlands, before returning to Canada for three straight competitions in December. The ISU Four Continents Championships will take place in Quebec City from December 2-4, follow by World Cups 3 and 4 in Calgary, the weekends of December 9-11 and 16-18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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CBC Sports<\/a> and Radio-Canada Sport<\/a> will have live coverage of all international short track and long track events this season on both linear and digital platforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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