Courtney Sarault wins bronze in women’s 500m short track speed skating
Courtney Sarault has won the bronze medal in the women’s 500m in short track speed skating at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
It is her first individual Olympic medal and comes two days after she helped Canada win silver in the mixed relay. From Moncton, New Brunswick, Sarault is the first Canadian athlete from outside of Quebec to win an individual Olympic medal in short track speed skating.
Sarault and teammate Kim Boutin, who had reached this podium in this event at the last two Winter Olympics, were in outside positions on the start line for the A final, based on their results in the semifinals. From the get go, the two Canadian women were at the back of the group of five finalists.
Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands and Arianna Fontana of Italy jumped out to the lead, but Sarault was eventually able to make a move to get past Selma Poutsma of the Netherlands to get into medal position. In the end, Sarault just got her skate across the finish line ahead of Poutsma. Velzeboer took the gold while Fontana captured silver for her 13th career Olympic medal.
It’s Canada’s sixth Olympic medal in the women’s 500m.
