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Claudia Gagnon of Canada skates at the World Cup Short Track Speedskating event in Montreal, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Sarault shines, mixed relay team finishes fourth in 2,000M at Short Track World Tour

Oct 25, 2026 | 5:35 PM

VANCOUVER — Canada’s mixed relay team came up just short of a podium finish on Sunday at the ISU Short Track World Tour event in Vancouver.

But the day ended well when the Canadian men’s team finished second in the 5,000-metres relay event.

The team of Courtney Sarault, Felix Roussel and Claudia Gagnon, all of Montreal, and Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Que., finished fourth in the 2,000-metres mixed final at the Pacific Coliseum.

The Netherlands skated to gold in 2:37.593, the Republic of Korea was next at 2:38.526 and Poland was third in 2:38.776. The Canadian crew finished in a disappointing 2:47.791.

Sarault shook off the fourth-place finish a couple hours later when she finished second in the women’s 500-metres A final. The Canadian finished behind Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands, who clocked a 42.563 time. Sarault finished in 42.959. Selma Poutsma of the Netherlands was third in 42.969.

Canadians Victoria Jean-Baptiste and Florence Brunelle were second and third, respectively, in the women’s 500-metres B final. Jianing Zhang of China won the race in 43.910, while Jean-Baptiste of Laval, Que., finished in 44.160 and Brunelle of Trois-Rivières, Que., at 44.324.

Sarault continued to shine later in the evening, winning the women’s 1,500-metres final in 2:28.091. She just beat Hanne Desmet to the finish line as the Belgium skater clocked in at 2:28.129. Minjeong Choi of South Korea was third in 2:28.183.

Roussel regrouped after the mixed relay final and finished fifth in the men’s 1,500 metres final. His time of 2:20.543 was behind winner Jens Van’t Wout of the Netherlands, who clocked in at 2:20.025. Jongun Rim of South Korea was second and Shogo Miyata of Japan was third.

Rousel, along with Dubois, Mathieu Pelletier of Laval, Que., and Maxime Laoun of Montreal, finished second overall in the men’s 5,000-metres relay with a time of 7:35.715. South Korea finished first (7:35.598) and China was third (7:35.929).

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 25, 2026.

The Canadian Press