Womens 3000 m team speed skating
Womens 3000 m team speed skating
Calgary...
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa, Ontario came away with a gold medal on Saturday (Friday in Canada) in the womens metres at a World Cup speed skating event in Nagano, Japan.
It was one of two medals Blondin won on the weekend in events with Olympic status, as she also won the silver medal in the womens mass start. Blondins Olympic gold medal came at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, when she won gold in the womens team pursuit with Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa and Valerie Maltais of La Baie, Quebec.
In the womens metres, Blondin had a winning time of Ragne Wiklund of Norway won the silver medal with a time of Joy Beune of the Netherlands won the bronze medal with a time of Blondin reached the podium by seconds over Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic, who had a fourth place time of In the womens mass start, Blondin placed behind gold medalist Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands, and ahead of bronze medalist Elisa Dul of the Neth