Canadian Olympic silver medalist Courtney Lee Sarault of Moncton, New Brunswick won two gold medals this past weekend at the International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating World Tour competition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sarault was part of the Canadian team that won gold in the women’s 3000 metre relay on Saturday, and then won gold in the crowded women’s 1500 metre final on Sunday.
In all, Team Canada won five medals. Canadian Olympic gold medalist Maxime Laoun of Montreal, Quebec won silver in the men’s 500 metres on Saturday, Sarault won silver in the women’s 500 metres on Saturday, and Canada won silver in the men’s 5000 metre relay on Sunday.
In the women’s 3000 metre relay, Sarault teamed up with Canadian Olympic silver medalist Florence Brunelle of Trois-Riviere, Quebec, Claudia Gagnon of La Baie, Quebec and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Danae Blais of Chateauguay, Quebec. Canada had a winning time of 4:13.609. South Korea won the silver medal with a time of 4:13.881. Netherlands won the bronze medal with a time of 4:20.617.
In the women’s 1500 metres, Sarault had a winning time of 2:28.091 in an eight person women’s final. Hanne Desmet of Belgium won the silver medal with a time of 2:28.169. Minjeong Choi of South Korea won the bronze medal with a time of 2:28.183. Sarault reached the podium by .094 seconds. Gloria Ioriatti of Italy finished in fourth place with a time of 2:28.185.
In the women’s 500 metres, Sarault had a second place time of 42.959 seconds. Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands won the gold medal with a time of 42.563. Selma Poutsma of the Netherlands won the bronze medal with a time of 42.969 seconds. Sarault reached the podium by .266 seconds. Kornelia Wozniak of Polands finished in fourth place with a time of 43.225 seconds.
In the men’s 500 metres, Laoun had a second place time of 40.725 seconds. Jens Van ‘T Wout of the Netherlands won the gold medal with a time of 40.551 seconds. Furkan Akar of Turkey won the bronze medal with a time of 41.334 seconds. Laoun won a medal by 13.664 seconds. Canadian Olympic gold medalist Steven Dubois of Laval, Quebec had a fourth place time of 54.389 seconds.
Dubois, Laoun, Mathieu Pelletier of Laval and Canadian Olympic silver medalist Felix Roussel of Sherbrooke, Quebec won the silver medal in the men’s 500 metre relay with a time of 7:35.715. South Korea won the gold medal with a time of 7:35.598. China won the bronze medal with a time of 7:35.929. Canada reached the podium by 2.627 seconds. Japan had a fourth place time of 7:38.342.
Dubois won the gold medal for Canada in the men’s 5000 metre relay at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing and the men’s 500 metres at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. Laoun won the gold medal in the men’s 5000 metre relay at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Sarault won the silver medal in the women’s 1000 metres and the mixed 2000 metre relay at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. Brunelle and Roussel won the silver medal in the mixed 2000 metre relay at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. Blais won the bronze medal in the women’s 3000 metre relay at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. The World Tour medals for Dubois, Laoun, Pelletier, Brunelle, Roussel, Sarault, Gagnon and Blais will give them confidence as they prepare for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games in the French Alps.
