Canada's Dion skates to World Cup short track bronze in Beijing
CBC Sports | Posted: October 24, 2021 11:18 AM | Last Updated: October 24, 2021
Canadian speed skaters will bring home 2 medals from opening event
Canada's Pascal Dion will bring home a bronze medal from the men's 1,000-metre final at the season opening World Cup short track speed skating event in Beijing on Sunday.
Dion finished the race in one minute, 26.621 seconds, behind Korea's Hwang Daeheon, who took gold in 1:26.020. Russia's Semen Elistratov claimed silver in 1:26.387.
"In the finals, I used the same race strategy as in my quarter-final and semifinal," the 27-year-old from Montreal said. "I really wanted to jump out in front and control the tempo, and it worked out very well. It has been nearly five years since I last won an individual World Cup medal, so I'm happy with how things ended today.
"I'm really proud of the work that I've done over the past couple of years to get to this point."
WATCH | Pascal Dion skates to bronze in Beijing:
It's the second medal collected by Canadians at the event. Courtney Sarault won silver in the women's 1,500-metre final on Saturday.
WATCH | Sarault makes statement in short track season opener: