Canadian short track speed skaters added three more medals – including two gold – to their tally on the final day of competition at a World Cup stop in Beijing on Sunday.
Jordan-Pierre Gilles, from Sherbrooke, Que., scored his second individual gold medal of the weekend in the men’s 500-metre distance.
A day after claiming top spot on the podium in Saturday’s 500m final. Gilles finished Sunday’s final in 40.666 seconds, just ahead of teammate Steven Dubois, of Terrebonne, Que.
Dubois (40.965) took the silver medal while China’s Sun Long (40.724) rounded out the podium in bronze-medal position.
WATCH | Gilles skates to 500m gold on Saturday:
The Canadian skated to a time of 40.711 to top the podium in Beijing.
Gilles and Dubois later joined Pascal Dion and William Dandjinou, both of Montreal, to help Canada capture gold in the men’s 5,000m relay.
The Canadians finished the event in 6:55.964, ahead of South Korea (6:56.717) and China (6:58.280).
