Canada’s Kim Boutin and Pascal Dion claimed world championship silver in the women’s and men’s 1,500-metre short track speed skating event on Saturday in Montreal.
South Korea’s Choi Minjeong grabbed gold (2:23.594), breaking past the field with three laps to go and never giving any room to be passed for the remainder of the race.
Boutin recently won bronze in the women’s 500m at the Beijing Olympics.
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Meanwhile, Dion finished 0.549 seconds out of first place in the men’s 1,500m final with a time of 2:15.644 seconds.
The Montreal native was narrowly edged out by Hungary’s Liu Shaoang, with Stijn Desmet of Belgium finishing third.
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Dion was the lone Canadian to crack Final A as he edged out teammate Jordan Pierre-Gilles for the final qualifying spot by 0.39 seconds in their semifinal heat.
Steven Dubois took a fall in the semifinals and finished sixth in the same heat.
You can watch competition from the short track worlds, continuing on Sunday on CBCSports.ca, CBC Gem and on the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices.
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