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Canadian short track speed skater Will Danginou continued to dominate the men's World Tour event on Saturday in Gdansk, Poland.
The Montreal skater won the men's 1,500-meter and 500-meter finals to lead the Canadian Ice Maples, which won four medals at the Hala Olivia Arena. Danjinu's teammates Courtney Saro and Stephen Dubois won silver and bronze respectively.
Danginu, 24, crossed the finish line in the men's 1500m final in two minutes 24.153 seconds, ahead of Italy's Tomas Nadalini (2:24.215) and Pietro Siegel (2:24.288).
Dubois, of Terrebonne, Quebec, finished sixth in the final among eight skaters, stopping the clock in 2:24.834.
“It's great, it's always hard to imagine how things will go and I feel like I'm doing great this season,” Danginu said after winning the 1500m final. “It’s very difficult with this kind of ice, so it’s always good to be able to perform in different conditions and on the ice.”
Canada's William Danginou won gold in the men's 1500m final at the World Tour in Gdansk, Poland.
Conditions failed to slow him down in the men's 500m final, where Danjinu dominated again, taking gold in 40.849 seconds. China's Xiaojun Lin (41.120) took silver and Dubois took bronze with a score of 41.505.
“Of course it’s something special, especially with Stephen. [Dubois on the podium]”Dandjinu said after winning the 500m. “We showed great team chemistry and we always want three guys on the podium.
“I think Felix [Roussel] was very close, and the path traveled was very impressive, and I hope that we will see it [on the podium] again next week.”
William Danginu won gold again in the men's 500m final, while teammate Stephen Dubois won bronze at the World Tour in Gdansk, Poland.
These victories marked the fourth and fifth gold medals won by Danjin this season. After winning the men's overall title last season, he has 642 points in this season's races and is running ahead in this year's title race.
Dangina leads Siegel, his closest rival, by 210 points, while Dubois is 10 points behind the Italian in third place.
Saro took silver
In the women's 1000m final, Saro took silver in 1:30.575. Hannah Desmet of Belgium won gold in 1:30.422 and American Corrine Stoddard took bronze in 1:30.589.
Florence Brunel of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, was fourth, crossing the line in 1:30.716.
Saro, of Moncton, Nebraska, leads the overall standings with 570 points, while Stoddard is second with 480 points.
Canada's Courtney Saro won silver in the women's 1000m final at the World Tour in Gdansk, Poland.
The live broadcast of the Gdansk event will continue on Sunday at 8:05 a.m. ET. live stream on CBCSports.ca and on CBC Gem. Check out the CBC Sports broadcast schedule to find out how to watch short track speed skating this season.
