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Canada’s Roussel grabs two medals at short track speedskating World Tour event
MONTREAL — Canada’s Félix Roussel came away with two medals on Saturday in short track speedskating World Tour action.
The 25-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., won gold in the men’s 500 metres with a time of 40.380 seconds.
Fellow Canadian Maxime Laoun (40.484) took silver, with Italy’s Thomas Nadalini (40.702) grabbing bronze.
Roussel added silver in the 1,500 with a time of two minutes 20.295 seconds. The Netherlands Jens Van ‘t Wout (2:20.184) earned gold while Japan’s Shigo Miyata (2:20.418) finished with bronze.
In the women’s 1,000, Moncton’s Courtney Sarault raced to silver in 1:30.336. She finished behind South Korea’s Minjeong Choi (1:30.273) and ahead of Belgium’s Hanne Desmet (1:30.393) on the podium.
In the women’s 3000 relay, Canada finished last in the four-team race due to being penalized.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 31, 2026.
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