Canadian speed skaters Dubreuil, Maltais win gold at Four Continents Championships | CBC Sports

Canadians Laurent Dubreuil and Valerie Maltais skated to gold medals on Friday in Quebec City at the ISU Four Continents Championships.

Dubreuil, of Levis, Que., won the men’s 500-metres in a time of 34.46 seconds.

Behind the Canadian was silver medallist Yuma Murakami of Japan, and Jun-Ho Kim from Korea who claimed bronze.

Dubreuil won an Olympic silver medal in the men’s 1,000m event earlier this year in Beijing.

WATCH | Laurent Dubreuil wins 500m gold in hometown Quebec City:

Dubreuil wins ISU Four Continents speed skating gold on home ice

Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., captured a 500 metre gold medal Friday at the ISU Four Continents event in Quebec City, crossing the line with a time of 34.47.

Maltais followed up Dubreuil’s performance by taking top spot in the women’s 3,000m with a time of four minutes, three seconds.

Fellow Canadian Béatrice Lamarche recorded a personal best of 4:10 to win bronze in the same race.

WATCH | Valerie Maltais wins 3,000m gold in home province: 

Maltais captures gold at ISU Four Continents speed skating event

Valérie Maltais of Saguenay, Que., claimed gold in the 3000 metre event Friday at the ISU Four Continents speed skating event.

Placing between the two Canadians was Nadezhda Morozova of Kazakhstan who took home silver.

Maltais places ninth in the 2022-23 long-distance women’s rankings.

Canada’s Jordan Belchos also reached the podium on home ice, grabbing bronze in the men’s 5,000-metres.

Skating in the final heat, Toronto’s Belchos pushed Canadian teammate Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu off the podium and into fourth by less than one second.

Canadian teams reach podium

The day ended with the two team events, both of which resulted in medals for Canada’s men’s and women’s team sprint squads.

Dubreuil, Christopher Fiola and Hubert Marcotte won the gold medal in the men’s team sprint event, besting the Americans who came in second and the Koreans who took home the bronze. 

Canada’s Rose Laliberte-Roy, Alison Desmarais and Abigail McCluskey came away with the bronze medal in the women’s event. The Americans finished ahead of the Canadians for silver, while the Chinese team topped the podium

WATCH | Canadian men capture team sprint gold:

Team sprint speed skating gold for Canada at Four Continents

Christopher Fiola, Laurent Dubreuil and David La Rue skated to a gold medal in the team sprint speed skating event Friday at Four Continents race in Quebec City.