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Canada’s Ivanie Blondin wins silver in mass start speed skating at Beijing Olympics

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Canada’s Ivanie Blondin won the silver medal in the women’s mass start speed skating final at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.

The 31-year-old from Ottawa, who won her semifinal heat, was strong throughout the gruelling 16-lap race and managed to pull to the front for the final laps.

She looked like she was going to cross the finish line first, only for Irene Schouten of the Netherlands to overtake her in the final seconds to claim the gold by a toe.

Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida won the bronze. Fellow Canadian Valerie Maltais came in sixth place in the final. Blondin is a two-time world champion in the mass start, which made its Olympic debut at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang where she crashed in the semifinals.

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