{"id":66341,"date":"2015-12-06T04:53:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T09:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=66341"},"modified":"2015-12-06T04:53:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T09:53:48","slug":"st-jean-belchos-earn-best-career-results-in-1000m-and-5000m-races-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/06\/st-jean-belchos-earn-best-career-results-in-1000m-and-5000m-races-at-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"St Jean, Belchos earn best career results in 1000m and 5000m races at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Longtrack speedskater, Jordan Belchos
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INZELL, Germany\u2014Alexandre St-Jean and Jordan Belchos were the top Canadians on the second day of the long-track speedskating World Cup in Inzell, Germany on Saturday.<\/p>\n

St-Jean, with a ninth-place finish in the 1,000 metre in one minute 9.19 seconds, had his career-best finish in that distance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, my race went well and it resulted in my best career rank at a 1,000-metre race,\u201d said the 22-year-old St-Jean. \u201cI was a little slow off the start, I could have opened it up a little bit quicker and my first lap wasn’t quick enough either. However, my second lap went well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt good and ready to go before the race. I think I’ll be able to do even better next week in Heerenveen for the next 1,000 metres. I’m also looking forward to Sunday and the second 500 metres.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other Canadian who was taking part in the 1,000 metres, Vincent De Haitre of Cumberland, Ont., was 12th in 1:09.50.<\/p>\n

Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands won the men’s 1,000-meters, clocking 1: 08.31 to beat Denis Yuskov of Russia by 0.24 seconds and Dutch teammate Kai Verbij by 0.29.<\/p>\n

In the men’s 1,000-metre B group, Calgary’s Gilmore Junio had another good day. After winning Friday’s 500 metre race and the gold medal, Junio was first in Saturday’s B 1,000 metres with a time of 1:09.95.<\/p>\n

In the men’s 5,000 metres, Toronto’s Jordan Belchos also came up with his best-ever performance, as he finished in 11th place with a time of 6:26.41. His best ranking in a race so far had been 14th place in February of 2013, also in Inzell.<\/p>\n

Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands won the men’s 5,000 in 6:17.35, ahead of Sverre Lunde Pedersen of Norway, 2.17 back. Another Dutch skater, Arjan Stroetinga, was third, 4.31 behind.<\/p>\n

In the women’s team pursuit, Canada, which was comprised of Ottawa athletes Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann as well as Josie Spence of Kamloops, B.C., finished sixth in 3:02.70.<\/p>\n

Japan won the women’s pursuit ahead of the Netherlands and Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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