The 2026 Short Track Speed Skating World Tour took place this past weekend in Montreal, Quebec. Team Canada came away with nine medals (two golds medal medals, six silver medals and one bronze medal). The gold medals came in the men’s 500 metres on Saturday and the men’s 5000 metre relay on Sunday.
In the men’s 500 metres, Canadians won gold and silver. Canadian Olympic silver medalist Felix Roussel of Sherbrooke, Quebec posted a winning time of 40.38 seconds and Canadian Olympic gold medalist Maxime Laoun of Montreal, Quebec posted a second place time of 40.484 seconds. Thomas Nadalini of Italy won the bronze medal with a time of 40.702 seconds. Roussel reached the podium by 31.199 seconds and Laoun reached the podium by 31.095 seconds. Teun Boer of the Netherlands finished in fourth place with a time of 1:11.579. In the men’s 500 metre short track speed skating World Tour standings, Laoun is in first place with 160 points, Jens van ‘T Wout of the Netherlands is in second place with 150 points and Roussel is in fourth place with 100 points.
In the men’s 5000 metre relay, the Canadian team comprised of Roussel, Laoun, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Steven Dubois of Laval, Quebec and Mathieu Pelletier of Laval. Canada posted a winning time of 6:59.327. China won the silver medal with a time of 7:01.305. South Korea won the bronze medal with a time of 7:06.217. Canada reached the podium by 6.954 seconds, The Netherlands finished in fourth place with a time of 7:06.281. In the men’s 5000 metre short track speed skating World Tour standings, Canada is in first place with 180 points. South Korea is in second place with 170 points.
In the women’s 1000 metres on Saturday, Canadian Olympic silver medalist Courtney Lee Sarault of Moncton, New Brunswick won the silver medal with a time of 1:30.336. Minjeong Choi of South Korea won the gold medal with a time of 1:30.273. Hanne Desmet of Belgium won the bronze medal with a time of 1:30.393. Sarault reached the podium by 0.238 seconds over Canadian Florence Brunelle of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, who had a fourth place time of 1:30.574. In the women’s 1000 metre World Tour standings, Sarault is in second place with 124 points. Choi leads with 200 points.
In the men’s 1500 metres on Saturday, Roussel won the silver medal with a second place time of 2:20.295. Van ‘T Wout won the gold medal with a time of 2:20.184. Shogo Miyata of Japan won the bronze medal with a time of 2:20.418. Roussel reached the podium by 0.249 seconds over Dong Min Shin of South Korea, who had a fourth place time of 2:20.544. In the men’s 1500 metre World Tour standings, Roussel is in third place with 130 points, behind van ‘T Wout with 200 points and Miyata with 140 points.
In the mixed team relay on Sunday, the Canadian team comprised of Laoun, Roussel, Sarault, and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Danae Blais of Chateauguay, Quebec. Canada won the silver medal with a time of 2:37.373. The Netherlands won the gold medal with a time of 2:37.131. China won the bronze medal with a time of 2:37.585. Canada reached the podium by 12.863 seconds, as Italy finished in fourth place with a time of 2:50.236. In the mixed team relay World Tour standings, Canada is in second place with 140 points. The Netherlands lead with 200 points.
In the men’s 1000 metres on Sunday, Pelletier won the silver medal with a second place time of 1:26.788. Van ‘T Wout won the gold medal with a time of 1:26.706. Michal Niewinski of Poland won the bronze medal with a time of 1:26.860. Pelletier reached the podium by 0.237 seconds over Shin, who had a fourth place time of 1:27.025. In the World Tour standings, Pelletier is in fifth place with 80 points. Van ‘T Wout leads with 200 points.
In the women’s 500 metres on Sunday, Canada won two medals as they captured silver and bronze. Blais won silver with a time of 42.195 seconds. Sarault won bronze with a time of 42.332 seconds. Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands won the gold medal with a time of 42.066 seconds. Blais reached the podium by .311 seconds and Sarault reached the podium by 0.174 seconds. Brunelle finished in fourth place with a time of 42.506 seconds. In the World Tour standings, Sarault is in second with 150 points and Blais is in sixth with 80 points. Velzeboer leads with 200 points.
Dubois won Olympic gold for Canada in the men’s 500 metres at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo and Olympic gold in the men’s 5000 metres at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Laoun won gold in the men’s 5000 metre relay at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Roussel won silver in the mixed 2000 metre relay at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. Sarault won silver in the women’s 1000 metres and mixed 2000 metre relay at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. Blais won bronze in the women’s 3000 metre relay at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. The medals for Blais, Sarault, Dubois, Laoun, Roussel, and Pelletier will give them confidence as they prepare for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games in the French Alps.
