Long track: three Canadian medals in Japan

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Canada collected three medals Friday at the Four Continents Long Track Speed ​​Skating Championships in Hachinoe, Japan, including gold in the women’s team sprint.

Béatrice Lamarche, Ivanie Blondin and Carolina Hiller largely dominated this event with a time of 1 min 27 s 87/100. They beat the South Koreans (1:29.26) and the Kazakhs (1:30.36).

In the men’s team sprint, Laurent Dubreuil, Yankun Zhao and Anders Johnson won bronze with a time of 1:20.32, behind the Americans (1:19.43) and the Chinese (1:19.78).

Ivanie Blondin also won bronze in the 1500m with a time of 1:57.99. Only the Japanese Miho Takagi (1:54.86) and the Chinese Mei Han (1:56.53) were faster than her.