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Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa matched her 2022 Olympic result in mass start, claiming a silver medal in the women’s speed skating event on Saturday in Milan.
World No. 1 Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands demonstrated he’s the best in men’s mass start, skating to Olympic gold at age 40 in a dominant performance on Saturday in Italy.
Bergsma, who also earned bronze on Feb. 13 in the men’s 1,000 metres, is the oldest speed skating gold medallist ever.
Bergsma cruised to victory after he and Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark separated themselves from the field at Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
He earned 68 points and finished in seven minutes 55.50 seconds, five seconds ahead of Thorup (8:00.52) who amassed 47 points. Andrea Giovannini of Italy took bronze (8:04.42, 21 points).
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu of Sherbrooke, Que., placed sixth in the 16-man field. He mustered three points and clocked 8:04.76.
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