Florence Brunelle of Canada, right, races in her heat of the women's 500-metre during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Beijing. Brunelle capped her junior career on Sunday by winning a silver medal at the world junior short track championships.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Natacha Pisarenko
January 29, 2023 - 9:29 AM
DRESDEN, Germany - Canadian speedskater Florence Brunelle capped her junior career on Sunday by winning a silver medal at the world junior short track championships.
Brunelle, from Trois-Rivieres, Que., made a double-inside pass late in the race to take second spot behind South Korea's Gilli Kim, who finished in one minute 32.294 seconds.
Brunelle was second in 1:32.780 and South Korea's Songmi Oh took third in 1:32.960.
"I was ready to go out and win today, but after the first two laps I found myself at the back of the pack," Brunelle said. "Given the circumstances of the race, I had to adapt and find a way to make some passes and get back into contention. I am happy with how I was able to overcome that challenge."
Brunelle, 19, became the first Canadian to reach the podium in all three individual distances at a single world junior championship since Marie-Eve Drolet in 2001.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 29, 2023.
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