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Canada’s women’s team won gold in long track speed skating pursuit on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics.
The Japanese had been leading from the very start of the race but the gap narrowed little by little with each lap before the last runner from Japan fell in the last corner.
Isabelle Weidmann thus added a third medal after winning a silver (5000 m) and a bronze (3000 m) solo.
Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais obtain their very first of these Olympics.
The Canadians unsurprisingly beat the Netherlands, a powerhouse more individually than as a team, to reach the final.
The Japanese had defeated the representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee in the other semi-final.
On the men’s side, Canada placed sixth.
Ted-Jan Bloemen, Jordan Belchos and Tyson Langelaar defeated the Koreans by 13 seconds in the C final.
