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Canadian speedskater Valérie Maltais earns 1,500-metre bronze for third medal
Valérie Maltais secured her third medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympics with a bronze in the women’s 1500m, contributing to Canada’s fourth speedskating medal at the Games.
- Valérie Maltais, Canadian speedskater, won bronze in the women’s 1,500 metres at Milan Cortina, finishing with a time of 1:54.40.
- Maltais, a 35‑year‑old veteran, entered the race without expectations of medaling and skated in the 10th pairing, posting the leading time that lasted into the final two racers.
- The podium was decided by slim margins as Antoinette Rijpma‑de‑Jong, Netherlands, won gold in 1:54.09 and Ragne Wiklund, Norway, took silver in 1:54.15.
- The result gave Maltais a third long‑track medal at the Milan Cortina Games, boosting Canada’s speedskating total to four medals.
- Looking ahead, Maltais and Ivanie Blondin are contenders in Saturday’s women’s mass skate, with Blondin and Beatrice Lamarche finishing 8th and 17th in Friday’s 1500m and Laurent Dubreuil earning bronze in the men’s 500m.
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