FEBRUARY
23
Canada picked
up two more medals to close out the short track speed
skating competition.
Canada's men won silver in the 5000-meter relay, while
the women picked up a bronze in the 3000-meter relay event.
The Canadian men's side of Montreal's Guillaume
Bastille and Alexander Boisvert-Lacroix,
Calgary's Richard Shoebridge and Winnipeg's
Tyler Darraugh skated the course in a
time of 7:07.929 - a second and a half faster than the
Koreans, and nearly three and a half seconds back of the
Chinsese crew for gold. For Bastille, it was his second
medal of the day, having won silver in the mens's individual
1000-meter event earlier in the afternoon.
For the women, the team of Annik Plamondon
(Longueil, QC) and Montreal skaters Nita Avrith,
Marie-Andree Mendes-Campeau and Valerie Lambert
skated the 3000-meter final in a time of 4:43.728 - well
back of the Koreans for silver, and an additoinal six
seconds behind the Chinese, who swept the relay golds.
The two medals bring Canada's medal count to three - two
silvers, and one bronze.
|