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A mannequin of consistency of late, Canadian velocity skater Laurent Dubreuil collected his second silver medal in three days over 500 metres in Sunday’s World Cup males’s race in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.

Dubreuil, who clocked 34.70 seconds behind Kazakhstan’s Yevgeniy Koshkin (34.52), continues his sturdy kind after turning into the primary Canadian in practically 20 years to succeed in the rostrum at Milwaukee’s Pettit Nationwide Ice Heart final month, the place he took bronze within the 500m.

Marek Kania of Poland additionally reached the medal podium, ending 6-100ths of a second behind Dubreuil, who has earned 41 medals on the worldwide scene.

The Lévis, Que., skater reached the end in 34.73 on Friday in a race gained by American famous person Jordan Stolz in 34.49. Stolz has 130-point lead over Dubreuil within the season standings for the self-discipline, with the Canadian extending his maintain on second place over Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan to 27 factors.

“I was very pleased with my begin — 9.55 seconds with a false begin is superb,” Dubreuil instructed Velocity Skating Canada. “After that, I had a great 200 metres however my second flip was not tremendous good. Nevertheless it was sooner than [Saturday] and if it weren’t for the race of a lifetime for Koshkin, it might have been sufficient for gold.”

Dubreuil now has six gold, 21 silver and 14 bronze medals since becoming a member of the World Cup circuit in the course of the 2011-12 season.

WATCH | Dubreuil earns his 2nd World Cup silver medal of the week in Poland:

The velocity skater was additionally gained eight profession medals (three gold, two silver, three bronze) on the world single-distance championships and has two medals from the world dash championships.

“After the final Olympics, I challenged myself — I used to be at 24 medals at that time, and I wished to shoot for 50,” Dubreuil stated earlier this week. “It appeared a bit bold again then, however I gained seven the yr after the Olympics, 5 final season and I am at 4 this season. Profitable 50 medals is now the objective.”

Anders Johnson of Burnaby, B.C., was 18th of 20 finishers in 35.42.

In the meantime, Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin earned a pair of medals Sunday.

The three-time Olympian partnered with Carolina Hiller (Prince George, B.C.) and Quebec Metropolis’s Béatrice Lamarche for crew dash silver. Their time of 1 minute 28.30 seconds was narrowly shy of the Polish trio (1:28.09) and forward of the Netherlands (1:28.46).

“We’ve got been constant all yr. We’ve got a great technique and work nicely at the moment,” Blondin stated. “The final two [races] had been actually good. It was an in depth one with Poland at the moment and we needs to be happy with that.

“This provides us a number of confidence going into world championships [in March].”

WATCH | Canadian girls 0.21 seconds shy of crew dash victory in Poland:

Earlier, Blondin took girls’s mass begin bronze in 8:20.79.

Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands was victorious in 8:20.34, 54-100ths forward of Italy’s Francesca Lollabrigida (8:20.88).

Valérie Maltais of Saguenay, Que., positioned fifteenth in a area of 20 (8:21.67).

WATCH | Blondin captures bronze medal in girls’s mass begin:

“I’m blissful to get on the rostrum, however positively irritating the place the end was. There was numerous drama in that race once more,” stated Blondin, who claimed silver within the self-discipline on the 2022 Olympics.

“It was a quick race from start-to-finish, which I appreciated and that performed to my benefit, however within the ultimate dash there have been a {couples} of elbows that weren’t to my benefit. It’s what it’s. I am at all times studying each race and making an attempt to get higher for the following one.”

Canada additionally gained gold final month in Calgary and finishes the season ranked second general within the distance behind Poland heading into the following crew dash on the world championships.

The Canadian crew now travels to Heerenveen, Netherlands, for the ultimate ISU World Cup occasion of the season subsequent weekend. Races might be reside streamed on CBC Sports activities digital platforms.

Different Canadian outcomes

Ladies’s 500 metres:

Males’s 500

Males’s mass begin

David La Rue, eighth

Jake Weidemann, fifteenth