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Laurent Dubreuil has redeemed himself in speed skating’s 500 metres, earning Olympic bronze after missing the medal podium by 3-100ths of a second four years ago.
At 33, the oldest man in a field of 29, he reached the finish in 34.26 seconds at Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
Before Saturday, Kevin Overlund was the most recent Canadian to earn bronze in the men’s event at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.
On Feb. 12, 2022, Dubreuil went 34.522 in Beijing but fell shy of the podium.
China’s Gao Tingyu broke the-then Olympic record on that day with a 34.32 clocking, nearly one second slower than Jordan Stolz’s winning time Saturday. The 21-year-old American set a new Games mark of 33.37 after Dubreuil held the record for nine minutes.
Jenning de Boo of the Netherlands captured silver in 33.88 after beating Stolz twice this season in World Cup action.
Laurent Dubreuil of Lévis, Que., claimed the 500-metre bronze medal Saturday with a time of 34.26, his second career Olympic medal.
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