Canadian speed skater Isabelle Weidemann won a silver medal in the women’s 3,000 metres on Saturday at a World Cup stop in Hamar, Norway.Ottawa speed skater reaches podium in women’s 3,000mThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 13, 2025 10:16 AM EST | Last Updated: 12 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Canada’s Isabelle Weidemann, shown in this file photo, raced to a silver medal at a World Cup speed skating event in Hamar, Norway, on Saturday. (File/The Canadian Press)Canadian speed skater Isabelle Weidemann won a silver medal in the women’s 3,000 metres on Saturday at a World Cup stop in Hamar, Norway.The three-time Olympic medallist finished in four minutes 1.30 seconds, just ahead of the skater she was paired with, Ragne Wiklund. The Norwegian crossed the line in 4:01.41 to earn bronze.Dutch skater Marijke Groenewoud won the race in a time of 4:00.95.The result marks Weidemann’s second individual distance podium of the season after earning a silver medal in the women’s 5,000m in Heerenveen, Netherlands earlier this month.Valerie Maltais, of La Baie, Que., finished just off the podium, crossing the line in 4:03.62 for a fourth-place finish. Fellow Canadian Ivanie Blondin, of Ottawa, was 10th in 4:07.08.Also Saturday, Beatrice Lamarche of Quebec City placed 10th in the women’s 1,000 metres in 1:16.35, finishing 1.96 seconds behind race winner Miho Takagi of Japan. Watch live coverage of the Sunday’s competition in Hamar on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, with action resuming at 7 a.m. ET. The full streaming schedule is available here.
Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann skates to silver medal at World Cup in Norway
