Chart by Nett Racing from the ISU official results. Gaps are in seconds behind the winner.
Canada won 4 medals on Saturday, October 31, as the ISU Short Track World Tour raced its first 4 finals in Montreal, at Maurice Richard Arena. Five finals are still to come on Sunday, November 1. They are the women's 500 m and 1500 m, the men's 1000 m, the men's 5000 m relay and the mixed team relay.
Men's 500 m and 1500 m
Félix Roussel of Sherbrooke, Quebec, led the men's 500 m from the start until two Dutch skaters, Teun Boer and Jens van 't Wout, got by him. On the last lap the two went down together. Roussel crossed first in 40.380 seconds, Maxime Laoun of Montreal took silver for the second weekend running and Thomas Nadalini of Italy was third. Van 't Wout drew a penalty.
Van 't Wout came back to win the men's 1500 m in 2:20.184. Roussel was 0.111 seconds back for his second medal, and Shogo Miyata of Japan was third.
Women's 1000 m and 3000 m relay
Minjeong Choi of South Korea won the women's 1000 m in 1:30.273. Courtney Sarault of Moncton, New Brunswick, took silver, 0.063 seconds behind her, and Hanne Desmet of Belgium was third.
Italy won the women's 3000 m relay by 0.014 seconds over South Korea, with the Netherlands third. Canada was penalized when Florence Brunelle kicked out her skate at the finish and placed fourth.
Short track is raced on ice, but many speed skaters start on wheels. Erin Jackson, Brittany Bowe and Joey Mantia all grew up on inline speed skates in Ocala, Florida, before they raced in the Winter Olympics for the US. Top ice skaters still train on inline skates in the off season.
Ice time is hard to find. Pavement is everywhere, and an inline speed skate lets you work on a low stance and a long push on any paved trail.
