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Canada's Roussel grabs two medals at short track speedskating World Tour event

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The Canadian Press. (2026, October 31). Canada's Roussel grabs two medals at short track speedskating World Tour event. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/canada-s-roussel-grabs-two-medals-at-short-track-speedskating-world-tour-event/article_1244479e-9da3-5bcc-97ad-f0f91bda12ea.html

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Félix Roussel of Canada won gold and silver medals at a short track speedskating World Tour event in Montreal on Saturday. He secured the gold medal in the men’s 500 meters with a time of 40.380 seconds, followed by Canadian Maxime Laoun and Italian Thomas Nadalini for silver and bronze respectively. In the 1,500 meters race, Roussel claimed silver behind Jens Van ‘t Wout from the Netherlands and Japan’s Shigo Miyata. Meanwhile, Courtney Sarault of Canada won a silver medal in the women's 1,000 meters event.
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Canada MONTREAL Que Sherbrooke World Tour

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Canada GPE · 2× Canadian NORP · 1× Félix Roussel PERSON · 1× Italy GPE · 1× MONTREAL GPE · 1× Maxime Laoun PERSON · 1× Que GPE · 1× Roussel PERSON · 1× Sherbrooke GPE · 1× Thomas Nadalini PERSON · 1×

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The 25-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., won gold in the men’s 500 metres with a time of 40.380 seconds. Fellow Canadian Maxime Laoun (40.484) took silver, with Italy’s Thomas Nadalini (40.702) grabbing bronze.
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Canada’s Félix Roussel came away with two medals on Saturday in short track speedskating World Tour action. asserted
Roussel → come → action
The 25-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., won gold in the men’s 500 metres with a time of 40.380 seconds. Fellow Canadian Maxime Laoun (40.484) took silver, with Italy’s Thomas Nadalini (40.702) grabbing bronze. asserted
Nadalini → win → bronze
Roussel added silver in the 1,500 with a time of two minutes 20.295 seconds. asserted
Roussel → add → minutes
The Netherlands Jens Van ‘t Wout (2:20.184) earned gold while Japan’s Shigo Miyata (2:20.418) finished with bronze. asserted
Miyata → earn → bronze
In the women’s 1,000, Moncton’s Courtney Sarault raced to silver in 1:30.336. asserted
Sarault → race → 1:30.336
She finished behind South Korea’s Minjeong Choi (1:30.273) and ahead of Belgium’s Hanne Desmet (1:30.393) on the podium. asserted
She → finish → podium
In the women’s 3000 relay, Canada finished last in the four-team race due to being penalized. asserted
Canada → finish → race
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 31, 2026. asserted
report → publish → Press
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