Canada’s Steven Dubois skates to short track gold in men’s 500m, women take relay bronze

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Steven Dubois reached the short-track medal podium at a second straight Olympics with gold in the men’s 500 metres on Wednesday in Italy.

The 28-year-old from Terrebonne, Que., has the first individual victory of his Winter Games career after capturing 5,000 relay gold four years ago in Beijing, where he racked up three medals, including bronze in the 500.

In Milan, Dubois had a rough time after helping Canada to silver in mixed relay on Feb. 10.

Last weekend, he fell with eight-and-a-half laps remaining in the men’s 1,500 and finished sixth. Dubois was eliminated from medal contention in the 1,000 on Feb. 10 after a collision with Great Britain’s Niall Treacy during their heat.

Meanwhile, Courtney Sarault earned her team-leading fourth medal at these Games, helping Canada to bronze in the women’s 3,000 relay.

The Moncton, N.B., native anchored the Canadians to a time of four minutes 4.33 seconds behind South Korea (4:04.2) and Italy (4:04.15).

At the 2022 Games, Dutch athlete Suzanne Schulting was the first female short track skater from any country to win four medals at a single Winter Olympics when she claimed two gold, silver, and bronze.

Viktor An of Russia also won four short track medals in a single Games twice.

On Wednesday, Danae Blais, Florence Brunelle, Kim Boutin and Sarault returned Canada to the podium in the 3,000 relay for the first time since 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

Bronze gives Boutin six career Olympic podiums, tying her with Charles Hamelin and Cindy Klassen for most career medals won by a Canadian athlete at the Winter Games.

The Netherlands were aiming for a fourth consecutive gold at these Games, but fell midway through the race and finished the four-team final last in 4:09.081.

Italy’s Arianna Fontana picked up a record-extending 14th Olympic medal. She won mixed relay gold and 500m silver earlier in Italy.