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Canada wins gold, bronze at short track speedskating World Cup stop in Beijing

Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Canada reacts after winning the 500-metre final race at the World Cup short track speedskating event in Montreal, Saturday, October 28, 2023. Pierre-Gilles won gold on Saturday at the World Cup stop in Beijing, China. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Canada reacts after winning the 500-metre final race at the World Cup short track speedskating event in Montreal, Saturday, October 28, 2023. Pierre-Gilles won gold on Saturday at the World Cup stop in Beijing, China. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Jordan Pierre-Gilles won gold and William Dandjinou claimed bronze as Canada enjoyed a two-medal day at the short track speedskating World Cup stop in Beijing on Saturday.

Pierre-Gilles, of Sherbrooke, Que., won the men's 500 metres in a time of 40.711 seconds, beating Quentin Fercoq of France (40.875) and Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands (41.280).

Montreal's Dandjinou finished third in the men's 1,500 with a time of two minutes 19.179 seconds.

Korea's Kim Gun Woo won gold (2:18.934), ahead silver medallist Wenlong LI of China (2:19.009)

The short track World Cup continues Sunday in Beijing.

- This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 9, 2023. 

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