Canada’s Guillaume Bastille sixth at short-track speedskating World Cup
MINSK, Belarus — Guillaume Bastille came up with Canada’s best result at the World Cup short-track speedskating stage on Saturday as he finished sixth in the 1,500-metre final.
Guillaume Bastille of Riviere-du-Loup, Que., was the only Canadian skater to take part in the A final of an event. The 31-year-old athlete did not compete last season after undergoing shoulder surgery.
“I’m relatively satisfied with how my day went,” said Bastille. “I had a very good race in the semifinals to earn a spot in the A final, but the final didn’t go as well as I would have hoped for. I made a tactical mistake towards the middle of the race that cost me a lot. After that, I tried to keep my calm and looked to take advantage of my opponents’ mistakes, but there was relatively little contact.
“At the end, I tried overtaking to move into fourth place, but it was tight and I made contact with the third-place skater, pushing me back to last place during the last lap.”