Canadian Ivanie Blondin earns bronze in mass start at World Cup Final
MINSK, Belarus — Canadian Ivanie Blondin captured silver in the final mass start of the season, bolstering her overall World Cup ranking to bronze on the last day of the 2018 ISU World Cup Final.
The Ottawa skater raced to a second-place finish in Sunday’s mass start to jump from sixth to third in overall World Cup standings in that event with 257 points. She finished behind Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy (324) and Ayano Sato of Japan (290).
On Sunday, Sato won the event in a time of 9:23.87, followed by Blondin (9:23.92) and Lollobrigida (9:24.52).
“It’s a bittersweet ending to the season. I’m really happy about my performances this weekend and today, especially finishing second and third in overall World Cup for mass start,” said Blondin, who also came up with silver in overall standings of the 3,000m and 5,000m category on Saturday.