{"id":14310,"date":"2025-01-27T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/canadian-women-claim-world-cup-speedskating-sprint-gold-stolz-completes-hat-trick\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:55:07","slug":"canadian-women-claim-world-cup-speedskating-sprint-gold-stolz-completes-hat-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/canadian-women-claim-world-cup-speedskating-sprint-gold-stolz-completes-hat-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian women claim World Cup speedskating sprint gold, Stolz completes hat trick"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Canada\u2019s sprinters ensured the host team didn\u2019t leave Calgary\u2019s speedskating<\/a> World Cup without a medal, while American star Jordan Stolz completed his hat trick at the Olympic Oval on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Ottawa\u2019s Ivanie Blondin<\/a>, Carolina Hiller of Prince George, B.C., and Beatrice Lamarche of Quebec City won gold in the women\u2019s team sprint.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery satisfying,\u201d said Blondin, who was fourth in the women\u2019s mass start less than an hour before the sprint. \u201cIt was a tough weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was celebrating pretty hard after that one. I was pretty proud of our team and what we were able to do together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stolz of West Bend, Wisc., captured men\u2019s 500-metre gold to stay unbeaten this season in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500 metres.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old takes confidence from Calgary\u2019s World Cup that came after the holiday break into the next one in his home state starting Friday in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt kind of takes away the pressure,\u201d Stolz said. \u201cUsually, when you come back to racing after a break, there\u2019s more pressure. Going into the second weekend is always a bit more calm.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be pretty comfortable in my home track. I\u2019ll enjoy the crowd, and I think the ice will be quick, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After setting track records in the 1,500 and 1,000 in Calgary, his time Sunday of 33.85 seconds was two-hundredths quicker than Jenning De Boo of the Netherlands, who was also second to Stolz in the 1K.<\/p>\n

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Blondin, Hiller and Lamarche salvaged the host team\u2019s weekend as Canadians were shut out of the medals in individual races in Calgary for the first time in 28 years of World Cup racing there.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s middle- and long-distance skaters coming off a high-altitude training camp in Utah less than a week earlier didn\u2019t return with full gas tanks.<\/p>\n

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Ottawa\u2019s Isabelle Weidemann, a 2022 Olympic silver medallist, was fifth in the women\u2019s 5k and Graeme Fish of Moose Jaw, Sask., who was a world championship bronze medallist last year, was fifth in the men\u2019s 10k.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur legs were just not there this weekend,\u201d Blondin said. \u201cThe focus is always the world championship, and we always try to remind ourselves of that, but sure, would have liked to hit the podium a couple more times this weekend, other than just the one, but very satisfying to do it with the girls.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, we\u2019re aiming for worlds and all the training that we do previous to that is aiming for worlds, so sometimes it affects the World Cup races and the lead-up to it. I\u2019m not too worried at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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