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Felix Roussel of Canada (11) skates to a first place finish dring the final of the men's 500m race at the ISU Short Track World Tour speedskating event in Montreal, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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

Oct 31, 2026 | 2:07 PM

MONTREAL — Canada’s Félix Roussel came away with two medals on Saturday in short track speedskating World Tour 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.

Roussel added silver in the 1,500 with a time of two minutes 20.295 seconds. The Netherlands Jens Van ‘t Wout (2:20.184) earned gold while Japan’s Shigo Miyata (2:20.418) finished with bronze.