By Canadian Press

Ottawa’s Weidemann wins silver at long-track speedskating World Cup

Dec 9, 2018 | 10:31 AM

TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann captured the silver medal in the women’s 5,000 metres on Sunday, the final day of races at the World Cup long-track speedskating in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland.

It was her second individual podium of the season, adding to the 3,000-metre gold medal she earned two weeks ago in Tomakomai, Japan.

Weidemann skated a smooth race from start to finish, clocking in with a time of seven minutes 6.190 seconds, a little over a second behind gold medallist Esmee Visser (7:05.188) of the Netherlands. Natalia Voronina (7:08.686) of Russia rounded out the podium in bronze medal position, which pushed Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin into fourth (7:10.220).

“I feel very happy with my race today,” said Weidemann. “My goal was to stick to consistent lap times and I feel like I executed that. I’ve been nervous the past couple of weeks, after winning in Japan, because I wanted to prove that my result wasn’t a fluke. I have lots to work on still, but I’m excited for the opportunity to race next weekend in Heerenveen.”

Valerie Maltais of Saguenay, Que., came second in the Division B women’s 5,000 metres with a time of 7:17.628. She will get the opportunity to test herself against competitors from the top grouping in that distance at next week’s World Cup in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.

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Toronto’s Jordan Belchos finished 12th in the men’s 10,000 metres, skating the 25-lap race in 14:03.795. Meanwhile, Graeme Fish of Moose Jaw, Sask., earned a third-place result in the Division B race with a time of 13:20.562. Calgary’s Ted-Jan Bloemen finished 10th (13:38.552) in that same grouping.

Canada also finished sixth (1:29.710) in the ladies’ team sprint, with Japan, Russia and the Netherlands earning podium spots. The men’s sprint team was ninth (1:47.960), behind medallists Norway, Netherlands and Russia.

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