Canada's Blondin narrowly misses gold in women’s mass start
Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin can add another medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics to her collection.
And she just missed making it a gold.
SILVER SKATE 🥈🇨🇦
Ivanie Blondin skates to her second medal of #Beijing2022 this time a silver in the mass start 👏
Watch on the CBC Sports app or @cbcgem pic.twitter.com/Sh9dsdezlA
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) February 19, 2022
Blondin finished just six-hundreds of a second behind Irene Schouten of the Netherlands to earn a silver medal in women’s mass start to complement the gold she earned in the team pursuit with Isabelle Weidemann and Valérie Maltais.
Schouten just squeaked by Blondin in a sprint across the finish line.
What a moment for Ivanie Blondin 🇨🇦
The Canadian gets to stand on the podium again at the venue ceremony after racing to silver in mass start🥈 #Beijing2022
Watch on the CBC Sports app or @cbcgem pic.twitter.com/yffQoTSuDs
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) February 19, 2022
“It was pretty crazy. I think with actually two to go I got grabbed by the hips and pulled back and I fought to keep my position to be able to set myself properly for the last lap,” Blondin told CBC after the race. “I do think I went a tiny bit too early. I think if I was a tiny bit more patient I could’ve grabbed on the inside.
“It is what it is. At this point I’m just happy to be on the podium and represent my country the way I know I can.”
🚨 @IvanieB has another #BingDwenDwen to welcome to the family 🚨 pic.twitter.com/XySKk22vX4
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 19, 2022
Blondin missed the women’s mass start final in PyeongChang, finishing 19th.
She competed in nine events over three Olympics — 2014 in Sochi, 2018 in PyeongChang, and 2022 in Beijing — before winning gold and silver in back-to-back races.
In the pre-Olympic World Cups in the fall of 2021, Blondin also won three medals in the mass start — including one gold.
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