Canada’s Blondin captures world allround speedskating silver medal

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 12:17 PM CST Sunday, Mar. 1, 2020 Last Modified: 12:30 PM CST Sunday, Mar. 1, 2020

HAMAR, Norway - Ivanie Blondin captured a silver medal in the overall standings at the ISU world allround speedskating championships on Sunday, the punctuation mark on a season that has seen her dominate at multiple distances.

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HAMAR, Norway – Ivanie Blondin captured a silver medal in the overall standings at the ISU world allround speedskating championships on Sunday, the punctuation mark on a season that has seen her dominate at multiple distances.

The 29-year-old from Ottawa is the first Canadian woman to reach the overall podium at the event since Christine Nesbitt in 2012.

Blondin had a cumulative time of 160.462 seconds over four races, 9.38 seconds behind world champion Ireen Wust of the Netherlands.

From left, Canada's silver medalist Ivanie Blondin, gold medalist Ireen Wust of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Antoinette de Jon of the Netherlands pose on the podium during the women's medal ceremony at the World Cup skating All-round 2020 in the Viking ship at Hamar, Norway, Sunday, March 1, 2020. (Geir Olsen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

“I’m pretty happy with the end result and with this weekend overall,” Blondin said. “It’s always been a dream of mine to reach the podium at the world allround championships. My 1500 didn’t go super great, and I almost fell in the 5000, but it’s a learning process. I think I showed consistency to finish second overall, and while today wasn’t great, I’m looking forward to when allrounds come around again.”

Blondin was fourth in the 5,000 metres and fifth in the 1,500 on Sunday, to follow up her second-place finish in the 3,000 and eighth in the 500 on Saturday.

Wust was crowned world allround for the seventh time in her career, reaching the podium in three of four distances. Dutch teammate Antoinette de Jong won the bronze.

Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary, Alta., was the top Canadian in the men’s event in seventh. Jordan Belchos of Toronto was a career-best eighth.

Patrick Roest of the Netherlands earned his third consecutive world allround title, ahead of Sverre Lunde Pedersen of Norway and Seitaro Ichinohe of Japan.