The Canadian quartet of Florence Brunelle, Courtney Sarault, Claudia Gagnon and Danaé Blais captured gold in a chaotic women’s 3,000-metre relay final at the ISU Short Track World Tour opener in Vancouver on Saturday night. Canada was sitting third in a tight race behind Italy and the Netherlands when the top two teams collided on the final corner, leaving the Canadian Ice Maples in the lead. Canada crossed the line in four minutes 13.609 seconds, beating second-place South Korea by 0.272 seconds. Italy’s Elisa Confortola was penalized for an arm block that took down Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer, who took Confortola out with her as she fell. The Netherlands still finished third. Canadian Ice Maples reflect on gold-medal performance in women's relay "Winning the gold, first World Tour in Vancouver.
Canadian women win relay gold, Laoun takes 500m silver at short track World Tour opener
