Canada’s Ivanie Blondin won a silver medal in the women’s mass start speedskating event on Saturday at the Beijing Olympics.
SILVER
Ivanie Blondin wins her second medal of #Beijing2022 with a silver in the women’s mass start
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— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 19, 2022
It marks Canada’s 25th medal of the Games.
Irene Schouten of the Netherlands overtook the Ottawa-born Blondin after the final turn to capture her third gold medal of the Games after winning the 3,000 and 5,000 metres.
Blondin, 31, raced to the front of the pack on the final lap. She brings home her second medal of the Olympics after joining forces with Isabelle Weidemann and Valerie Maltais to take gold in the team pursuit.
Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy was third in the mass start, while Maltais was sixth.
Blondin, who fell in the semifinals of the mass start at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics after being considered a medal contender, won silver in the mass start last year at the World Single Distance Championships and gold the previous year.
The 2020 gold was Blondin’s second world title in the event. She also has three world silvers in the mass start.
Bart Swings of Belgium won the men’s mass start on Saturday. Canada’s Jordan Belchos was 13th and Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu was 15th.
