Montreal’s Alyson Charles wins first career World Cup gold in 1,000 metres

In the final, Charles completed an outside pass from the back of the pack mid-way through the race to move into first place. Charles held on at the line for the win, narrowly edging out silver medallist Anna Seidel of Germany by three one-thousandths of a second.

“My goal this morning was to get myself into the main competition,” said Charles.

“After that, I went one race at a time. It was a long day — in total I did six races. So, my legs are pretty tired. But in the final, I told myself that I would give everything I had left, and it paid off with the medal.”

In men’s action, Charles Hamelin of Sainte-Julie, Que., advanced to the A final of the men’s 500 metres after contact from another skater in the semifinals impeded his race. He came fifth in the finals, skating to a world-record pace set by gold medallist Wu Dajing of China.

Danae Blais of Chateauguay, Que., finished second in the B final of the ladies 500 metres, missing the top spot by one one-thousandth of a second. The mixed relay team also competed in the B final, skating to a first-place finish in that event.

Penalties to Charle Cournoyer (Boucherville, Que.) in the men’s 1000 metres quarterfinals and Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., in the ladies semifinals of the same event ended their runs at the podium.

Samuel Girard of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Que., and Cedrik Blais of Chateauguay, Que., failed to advance out of the men’s 500-metre quarterfinals, with Montreal’s Camille De-Serres Rainville and Pascal Dion meeting the same fate in the ladies 500 metres and men’s 1,000-metre quarterfinals, respectively.

The Canadian Press

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Montreal’s Alyson Charles wins first career World Cup gold in 1,000 metres

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