Canadian short-track speedskater Steven Dubois is back on the Beijing Olympic podium for a second time after winning a bronze medal in the men’s 500 metres on Sunday.
BRONZE
Steven Dubois wins his second short track medal of #Beijing2022 after skating to bronze in the men’s 500m
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— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 13, 2022
The 24-year-old native of Terrebonne, Que., also won silver in the 1,500 metres after missing out on the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics when he was named an alternate.
Canada now has 14 medals in Beijing — one gold, four silver and nine bronze.
Hungary’s Liu Shaoang won gold in the 500 metres while Russian Konstantin Ivliev grabbed silver.
The judges awarded Dubois a spot in the final when Hwang Daeheon took him out in the final turn of the semifinal when the Canadian was in second place — normally the cut-off for reaching the final.
Meanwhile, the Canadian short-track women’s team fell just short of the podium, finishing fourth in the 3,000-metre relay on Sunday.
Kim Boutin, Courtney Sarault, Florence Brunelle and Alyson Charles lost their grip on a medal in the final couple of laps of the four-team final.
The Netherlands won gold, South Korea was second and China was third.
Canada was third late in the race, but Sarault, running the anchor leg, could not beat out her foes.
It marked Canada’s seventh fourth-place finish at the Games.
It also was Canada’s second fourth-place finish in a row in the 3,000-metre women’s relay at the Olympics. Canada had been on the podium in the event at every Olympics before 2018 since the sport made its debut in 1992.
The result denied Boutin a fifth career Olympic medal.
