The Canadian short track speed skating team continued its strong start to the Olympic season with three more medals at the ISU World Tour stop in Montreal.Canada takes bronze in mixed team relay on final day at Maurice Richard ArenaCBC Sports · Posted: Oct 12, 2025 5:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 12Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., reacts after winning the women’s 1,500-metre final at the ISU Short Track World Tour stop in Montreal on Sunday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)The Canadian short track speed skating team continued its strong start to the Olympic season with three more medals at the ISU World Tour stop in Montreal.Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., won her second gold medal in as many days, taking the women’s 1,500-metre final in a time of two minutes 22.156 seconds at Maurice Richard Arena.The 25-year-old finished ahead of South Korea’s Kim Gil-li (2:22.217) and American Corinne Stoddard (2:22.256) for the second straight day after winning Saturday’s 1,000m final.Sarault was the silver medallist in both distances at last year’s world championships in Beijing.”I felt I raced well in my 1,500m win, I was in front and strong. I’m happy that all my hard work and training is paying off. It’s nice when you train for something and get results,” Sarault said.WATCH | Sarault dominates women’s 1,500m in Montreal:Courtney Sarault dominates the women’s 1500m at the ISU World Tour in Montreal Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., claimed gold in the women’s 1,500-metre race, at the season-opening ISU Short Track World Tour event in Montreal. This is her second gold of the weekend and her 4th medal as she was 3rd in both the Team Mixed Relay and the Women’s 3000m Relay. Fellow Canadian Olympian Kim Boutin, 30, snagged silver earlier Sunday in the women’s 500m, crossing the line in 43.087 seconds. The reigning world champion from Sherbrooke, Que., finished behind Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer (42.972), with Stoddard taking bronze in 43.142.It marked Boutin’s return to the podium after not reaching it once in an individual distance last season.“I had a few tears in my eyes after that race,” Boutin said. “Everyone wants to finish their career on a positive note, so seeing that I can still compete with the top 500m skaters makes me happy. “It’s always stressful when you have girls picking up speed behind you. Today, I used that as a practice to see how I would be able to race from a more defensive position.”Velzeboer is the world record holder with her time of 41.416 from the 2022 World Cup stop in Salt Lake City, which broke Boutin’s previous mark of 41.936 set on the same ice in 2019.WATCH | Boutin claims 500m silver:Kim Boutin wins silver in the 500m race in MontrealKim Boutin of Sherbrooke, Que, claimed silver in the women’s 500-metre race, at the season-opening ISU Short Track World Tour event in Montreal. Canada also took home bronze on the final day in Montreal, with the Canadian Ice Maples reaching the podium in the mixed team relay after the Korean White Tigers were disqualified.Sarault, Steven Dubois, Felix Roussel and Danaé Blais initially placed fourth in 2:44.691, two spots behind the South Koreans, but the White Tigers were penalized for an illegal lane change. The Chinese Loongs captured gold and the Dutch Lions were upgraded to silver.WATCH | Canada takes bronze in mixed team relay:Canadian Ice Maples capture bronze in the Mixed Team Relay Canadian Ice Maples Mixed Relay Team of Steven Dubois, Courtney Sarault, Felix Roussel and Danae Blais win the bronze in the Mixed Team Relay, after the Korean White Tigers get disqualified from the final. The World Tour season will help decide how many Olympic entries each country receives and who will compete at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games in February.Athletes accumulate points throughout the season, and at the end a Crystal Globe trophy is awarded to the leading skater in each distance and the overall champion. There’s also a team Crystal Globe for the country with the most points.Canada concludes the first World Tour stop of the season with seven medals, including three gold, one silver and three bronze. It places them atop the overall medal standings, ahead of South Korea (six), China (four) and Italy (four).They sit second in the Team Crystal Globe ranking with 1,376 points, while Sarault leads the women’s trophy race with 250 points.Montreal will also host the second stop (Oct. 18-19), then it’s off to Poland (Nov. 20-23) and the Netherlands (Nov. 27-30). The world championships will also take place in Montreal in March, just a few weeks after the Olympics.Watch live coverage of the events on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. A live streaming schedule is available here.With files from CBC Sports’ Jesse Campigotto
Moncton’s Sarault wins 2nd gold, Boutin skates to silver at Montreal short track World Tour stop
