US EditionCanada's Maltais earns bronze at speedskating World Cup in last race before Olympics
Maltais secured her third individual World Cup medal this season with a time of 3:59.92, narrowly beating Kazakhstan's Nadezhda Morozova for bronze.
- On Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, Valérie Maltais of Canada earned bronze in the women's 3,000 metres at the World Cup in Inzell, her final race before the Milan Cortina Olympics.
- Maltais, a 35-year-old from La Baie, Que., earned bronze at the World Cup in Inzell on Saturday, her final race before the Milan Cortina Olympics.
- Norway's Ragne Wiklund won gold in 3:54.74 at Max Aicher Arena, Joy Beune took silver in 3:56.96, and Valérie Maltais finished bronze in 3:59.92, edging Nadezhda Morozova.
- With the podium, Maltais notched her third individual medal this season and now has five World Cup podiums in 3,000m, while Beune tied her on 222 points but prevailed on tiebreakers.
- Earlier this season in Salt Lake City, Maltais recorded her best World Cup result, finishing second ahead of Ragne Wiklund, long-distance leader with 270 points, while Isabelle Weidemann, Ottawa, sits second overall with 227 points.
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Canada's Maltais earns bronze at speedskating World Cup in last race before Olympics
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Maltais captures 3000m bronze in final race before Milano Cortina
Milano Cortina medal hopeful Valérie Maltais raced to bronze in what she hopes is a sign of things to come at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Inzell, Germany. Maltais stormed back from sixth place midway through the race, and eventually passed Kazakhstan’s Nadezhda Morozova in the final lap to reach the podium. She finished with a time of three minutes, 59.92 seconds. View this post on Instagram Maltais, in the final World Cup race before th…
Canada’s Maltais earns bronze at speedskating World Cup in last race before Olympics
INZELL — Canada's Valerie Maltais earned bronze in the women's 3,000 metres at a speedskating World Cup on Saturday in her final race before the Milan Cortina Olympics. Maltais, from La Baie, Que., finished in three minutes 59.92 seconds in the last long-distance race of the season. Norway's Ragne Wiklund crossed the finish line in 3:54.74, setting a new personal best and new track record at the Max Aicher Arena to grab gold. "I'm happy with my …
Speed skater Joy Beune lost her 3000-meter victory to Norway's Ragne Wiklund two weeks before the Milan Olympics. The reigning world champion finished second in 3:56.96. Wiklund won in a new track record of 3:54.74. Canada's Valérie Maltais finished third in 3:59.92.
Maltais earns bronze at speedskating World Cup in last race before Olympics
INZELL, Germany — Canada’s Valerie Maltais earned bronze in the women’s 3,000 metres at a speedskating World Cup on Saturday in her final race before the Milan Cortina Olympics. Maltais, from La Baie, Que., finished in three minutes 59.92 seconds in the last long-distance race of the season. Norway’s Ragne Wiklund crossed the finish line in 3:54.74, setting a new personal best and new track record at the Max Aicher Arena to grab gold. “I’m happ…
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