Canada’s first medal at Winter Olympics is bronze in speedskating

Isabelle Weidemann was first before both skaters in the final pairing beat her

Ottawa native Isabelle Weidemann captured bronze in the women’s 3,000 metres long-track speedskate event, giving Canada its first medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Weidemann finished in 3 minutes 58.64 seconds on Saturday and was first before both skaters in the final pairing beat her.

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands won gold in an Olympic record time of 3:56.93. Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy was second in 3:58.06.

This was Canada’s first Olympic medal in women’s long-track speedskating since 2010.

Banner image: Canada’s Isabelle Weidemann smiles after skating in the women’s 5000-metre competition at the ISU World Allround Championships speedskating event in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, March 3, 2019. (Jeff McIntosh/CP)

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