{"id":14326,"date":"2024-03-11T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedskating.ca\/?p=14326"},"modified":"2024-03-11T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:54:07","slug":"canadian-short-track-speed-skating-team-announced-for-world-championships-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedskating.ca\/canadian-short-track-speed-skating-team-announced-for-world-championships-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian short track speed skating team announced for World Championships in Rotterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>10 Canadians will lace up their skates at season-ending competition from March 15-17<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p>ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS \u2013 Ten Canadian skaters have been selected to take part in the season\u2019s final international competition, lining up against the world\u2019s best at the <a href=https://speedskating.ca/"https:////www.isu.org//events//eventdetail//13014//-//isu-world-short-track-speed-skating-championships/">ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships<\/a>, which takes place from March 15-17 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p>Skaters representing over 30 countries will fight for medals in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 500m, 1000m, 1500m, as well as in the 2000m mixed relay, 3000m women\u2019s relay and 5000m men\u2019s relay. The event adopted a single-distance format two seasons ago, meaning the once highly coveted overall World Championship titles are no longer awarded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p>The Canadian team for next weekend\u2019s competition features five Olympians, including four skaters \u2013 Steven Dubois, Pascal Dion, Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault \u2013 who medaled in individual distances at last season\u2019s World Championships in Seoul. The Canadian women\u2019s relay team also reached the podium in the South Korean capital, helping Canada earn six medals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p><strong>ISU World Short Track Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<ul><div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Rikki Doak (Fredericton, N.B.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Dana\u00e9 Blais (Ch\u00e2teauguay, Que.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Kim Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Courtney Sarault (Moncton, N.B.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Ren\u00e9e Steenge (Brampton, Ont.)<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<ul><div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>William Dandjinou (Montreal, Que.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Jordan Pierre-Gilles (Sherbrooke, Que.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Steven Dubois (Lachenaie, Que.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>F\u00e9lix Roussel (Sherbrooke, Que.)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<li>Pascal Dion (Montreal, Que.)<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p>Canada enters this final competition of the 2023-24 international season on a high note, having finished the World Cup campaign with a total of 35 medals across six events, including 15 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze. A total of nine skaters brough home individual distance medals, while the relay teams accounted for seven podiums, including four gold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p>Five Canadians earned top-10 finishes in the men\u2019s Crystal Globe standings for overall World Cup champion, with Dubois finishing second ahead of Dandjinou (3rd), Roussel (5th), Pierre-Gilles (7th) and Dion (9th). On the women\u2019s side, Sarault and Blais finished ninth and tenth overall, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p>Each of the men selected for these World Championships ended the season ranked within the top-5 of an individual distance, with Pierre-Gilles and Dandjinou sitting atop the standings in the 500m and 1500m, respectively. Dubois sits second in both the 500m and 1000m, while Roussel (3rd in 500m) and Dion (4th in 1500m) had equally impressive seasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='container standard_wp'>\n<p>The <a href=https://speedskating.ca/"https:////www.isu.org//events//eventdetail//13014//-//isu-world-short-track-speed-skating-championships/">ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships<\/a> kicks off March 15 with qualifying races in individual distances and relays. Medals will be awarded in the 500m and 1500m on Saturday, as well as the 1000m and all three relays on Sunday. Races will be live streamed on&nbsp;<a href=https://speedskating.ca/"https:////www.cbc.ca//sports//olympics//winter//speed-skating/">CBC Sports<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=https://speedskating.ca/"https:////ici.radio-canada.ca//sports/">Radio-Canada Sports<\/a>&nbsp;digital platforms, with colour commentary in English provided by Olympian Michael Gilday.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten Canadian skaters have been selected to take part in the season\u2019s final international competition, lining up against the world\u2019s best at the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, which takes place from March 15-17 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canadian short track speed skating team announced for World Championships in Rotterdam - Speed Skating Canada<\/title>\n
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