Canada strikes gold in men’s 5000 metre short track speed skating relay

Charles Hamelin (Wikimedia Commons)

Team Canada has won its third gold medal and 18th medal overall at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. On Wednesday, Charles Hamelin of Levis, Quebec, Steven Dubois of Laval, Quebec, Pascal Dion of Montreal, Quebec, and Jordan Pierre-Gillies of Sherbrooke, Quebec teamed up to place first in the men’s 5000 metre short track speed skating relay.

In the A Final, Canada posted a winning time of 6:41.257. South Korea won the silver medal with a time of 6:41.679, and Italy won the bronze medal with a time of 6:43.431. Canada reached the podium by 2.183 seconds over the Russian Olympic Committee, which had a fourth place time of 6:43.440.

For Hamelin, it was his sixth Olympic medal in his career. He previously won gold in the men’s 500 metres and 5000 mete relay at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, gold in the men’s 1500 metres at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, silver in the men’s 5000 metre relay at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, and bronze in the men’s 5000 metre relay at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

Hamelin ties the record for the most medals won by a Canadian winter Olympian with six. He is tied with speed skater Cindy Klassen of Winnipeg. Manitoba. Hamelin also won his fourth Olympic gold medal, which ties the record for the most gold medals by a Canadian at an Olympic Games. He is tied with women’s hockey players Hayley Wickenheiser of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Caroline Ouellette of Montreal, Quebec, and Jayna Hefford of Trenton. Ontario.

Canada is now fifth in the overall medal standings with three gold medals, four silver medals and 11 bronze medals. They are behind Norway (28 medals), the Russian Olympic Committee (24 medals), Germany (20 medals), and the United States (19 medals).

 

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