Canadian short track relay teams skate onto podium at Kazakhstan World Cup

The Canadian short track relay teams both landed on the podium at the World Cup event in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Sunday.

The men's team of William Dandjinou, Pascal Dion, Maxime Laoun, and Jordan Pierre-Gilles won gold in the 5,000-metre relay. The Canadians finished in a time of six minutes 54.91 seconds, ahead of the Netherlands (6:54.935) and Japan (6:55.648).

WATCH | Canadian men strike relay gold:

Canada narrowly wins gold in 5,000m relay at short track World Cup

2 years ago

Duration 11:29

The Canadian unit edged Netherlands with a final time of 6:54.891 to capture the gold medal in the men's 5,000-metre relay final during the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup stop in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

"The team is really happy with today's results, it gives us a lot of confidence for the last half of the season," Dion said in a release. "I find it very impressive that, regardless of our performances in individual distances, each skater has the ability to come to the relay concentrated and with the will to win."

Danaé Blais, Kim Boutin, Courtney Sarault and Renee Maries Steenge took silver for Canada in the 3,000 relay, finishing in 4:13.564, just behind South Korea (4:12.963) and ahead of Hungary (4:16.299).

WATCH | Canadian women snag relay silver:

Canada earns 3,000m relay silver at short track World Cup

2 years ago

Duration 7:28

The Canadians finished in 2nd place with a time of 4:13.564 in the women's 3,000-metre relay final during the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup stop in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

"We are quite happy with our relay performances this weekend. Today's final was a bit more difficult as we had a new order and made some mistakes, but overall we were happy with our race," Blais said. 

"We have improved a lot since the beginning of the season and that's encouraging. It's a benefit to be able to use all six girls in multiple different combinations and orders. It allows the coaches adjust the game plan based on the results in individual distances."

Canada's Steven Dubois picked up his second individual medal of the weekend with a silver in the 1,000 on Sunday.

Park Ji Won of South Korea won the race in 1:24.573, followed by Dubois in 1:24.775. Roberts Kruzbergs of Latvia (1:24.917) was third.

WATCH | Dubois adds 2nd medal in Almaty:

Quebec's Steven Dubois wins silver at short track World Cup

2 years ago

Duration 4:03

Terrebonne, Que.'s Steven Dubois clocked in at 1:24.775 to place 2nd in the men's 1000-metre final during the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup stop in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Dubois also won silver in the 500 on Saturday.