Canadian short track speed skater William Dandjinou continued his winning ways at a World Cup event in Dresden, Germany, on Saturday.
The Montreal native finished the men’s 1,500-metre final in two minutes 11.460 seconds to win his second straight gold medal in the distance. Dandjinou took top honours in the 1,500 at the last World Cup event in Seoul in December.
Rounding out the podium in Dresden were Stijn Desmet of Belgium, who captured silver in in 2:11.711, and South Korea’s Kim Gun Woo, who captured bronze in 2:11.785.
Pascal Dion, also from Montreal, was sixth in the 1,500 with a time of 2:12.122.
WATCH | Dandjinou capture gold in men’s 1,500m:
Canada’s William Dandjinou won a World Cup speed skating 1500 metre gold medal in Dresden, Germany, Saturday.
Two other Canadian men will bring home medals from Dresden – Felix Roussel, of Sherbrooke, Que., and Steven Dubois, of Terrebonne, Que., won silver and bronze, respectively, in the 1,000m final
Roussel finished in a time of 1:26.482 while Dubois crossed the line in 1:26.559.
Park Ji Won of South Korea won the event in a time of 1:26.406.
WATCH | Roussel, Dubois land on podium in Dresden:
Felix Roussel, of Sherbrooke, Que., and Steven Dubois, of Terrebonne, Que., won silver and bronze, respectively, in the 1,000m final Saturday in Dresden Germany.
Other Canadian results
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Courtney Sarault (Moncton, N.B.) was fifth in the women’s 1,500m final
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Danae Blais (Chateauguay, Que.) won the women’s 1,500m ‘B’ final
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Kim Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.) was fifth in the women’s 1,000m final
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Claudia Gagnon (La Baie, Que.) won the women’s 1,000m ‘B’ final
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Jordan Pierre Gilles (Sherbrooke, Que.) was fifth in the men’s 1,000m ‘B’ final
Coverage of Day 2 begins on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET. Live stream all the action on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and on CBC Gem.