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Speed skater Will Dandjinou of Montreal placed fifth in the men’s Olympic short track 1,500 metres on Saturday, two days after finishing fourth in the 1,000 in Milan.
Jens van ‘T Wout of the Netherlands won 1,500 gold in two minutes 12.219 seconds over 2022 Olympic champion, South Korea’s Hwang Dae-heon (2:12.304) and Latvia’s Roberts Kruzbergs (2:12.376).
Steven Dubois, the 2022 Olympic silver medallist, crashed out with eight-and-a-half laps remaining at Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
The native of Terrebonne, Que., received advancement to the final along with China’s Liu Shaoang. Dubois advanced after it was ruled Italy’s Thomas Nadalini impeded him when the Canadian was second and in qualifying position in his semifinal.
Félix Roussel of Sherbrooke, Que., Canada’s third skater in the semifinals, was issued a yellow card after crashing out in the third and last semifinal. A yellow card is shown if a skater infringes on the racing rules in a manner deemed unsafe, harmful or hazardous by the referee.
