FEBRUARY 23
Canada picked up two more medals to
close out the short track speed skating competition.
Canada's men won silver in the 5000-meter relay, while the women
picked up a bronze in the 3000-meter relay event.
The Canadian men's side of Montreal's Guillaume
Bastille and Alexander Boisvert-Lacroix,
Calgary's Richard Shoebridge and Winnipeg's
Tyler Darraugh skated the course in a time of
7:07.929 - a second and a half faster than the Koreans, and nearly
three and a half seconds back of the Chinsese crew for gold. For
Bastille, it was his second medal of the day, having won silver in
the mens's individual 1000-meter event earlier in the
afternoon.
For the women, the team of Annik Plamondon
(Longueil, QC) and Montreal skaters Nita Avrith,
Marie-Andree Mendes-Campeau and Valerie Lambert skated the
3000-meter final in a time of 4:43.728 - well back of the Koreans
for silver, and an additoinal six seconds behind the Chinese, who
swept the relay golds.
The two medals bring Canada's medal count to three - two silvers,
and one bronze.