Canadian speedskaters qualify at world short-track championships
MONTREAL — Canadian Olympic speedskaters Kim Boutin, Samuel Girard and Charles Hamelin all had a perfect day in qualifying at the world short track championships on Friday.
Boutin, Girard and Hamelin earned spots in the final rounds of each of the three individual events in which they were competing.
Their teammates Marianne St-Gelais and Jamie MacDonald qualified in two of the three distances.
Boutin, from Sherbrooke, Que., skated to the final rounds in the 500 metres, 1,000 metres and 1,500 metres by finishing first in her heat in each of the three distances, as did Girard, from Ferland-et-Boilleau, Que., on the men’s side.