Blondin, Bloemen and Boisvert-Lacroix impress at Long Track Worlds
Olympian Ivanie Blondin took home a World Championship medal for the second straight year, skating to gold in the women’s mass start. On the men’s side, Ted-Jan Bloemen won two silver medals. The first in the men’s 10,000m race, followed by a second-place finish in the men’s team pursuit alongside Jordan Belchos and Benjamin Donnelly. Canada’s Alex Boisvert-Lacroix also reached the podium, claiming bronze in the men’s 500m.
From left, Oshigiri Misaki, Takagi Miho, both of Japan, and Ivanie Blondin, of Canada, lead the pack on the last lap of the women’s mass start race of the speedskating single distance World Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Ivanie Blondin, of Canada, finishes to win the women’s mass start race of the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Ivanie Blondin celebrates winning the women’s mass start at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships on February 14, 2016.
Ivanie Blondin, of Canada, reacts after winning the women’s mass start race of the speedskating single distance World Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Ivanie Blondin, of Canada, reacts with a coach after winning the women’s mass start race of the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Medalists, from left, Kim Bo-Reum, of Korea, Ivanie Blondin, of Canada, and Takagi Miho, of Japan, show off their silver, gold and bronze medals after the mass start race of the speedskating single distance World Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Ted-Jan Bloemen, of Canada, competes to take the silver at the men’s 10000 meter race of the speedskating single distance World Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Ted-Jan Bloemen, of Canada, competes to take the silver at the men’s 10,000 metres of the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
From left, Ted-Jan Bloemen, of Canada, Sven Kramer and Erik Jan Kooiman, of the Netherlands, pose with their silver, gold and bronze medals during victory ceremony for the men’s 10.000m race of the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, of Canada, competes to take the bronze at the men’s 500 metres of the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, of Canada, goes to finish competing to take the bronze at the men’s 500 meter race of the speedskating single distance World Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Bronze medalist Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, of Canada, reacts waiting for last pair of his competitors to start at the men’s 500 meter race of the speedskating single distance World Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)