Marianne St-Gelais, Charle Cournoyer win more gold at Canadian championships
MONTREAL — Charle Cournoyer and Marianne St-Gelais earned their second national titles in as many events at the 2017 short track speedskating Canadian senior championships on Saturday, coming out on top in the 500-metre events.
Cournoyer, of Boucherville, Que., finished ahead of Charles Hamelin of Sainte-Julie, Que., and Montreal’s Pascal Dion.
The final was held twice because the chief referee of the competition stopped the first race with one quarter of a lap to go, after Hamelin and Dion fell to the ice as they were both skating out in front. Samuel Belanger-Marceau and Cournoyer skated on to finish first and second, respectively.
The International Skating Union (ISU) has a rule to stop a race with the goal in mind of protecting skaters in the lead.