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Courtney Saro won the women's overall title and Canada captured its second straight team Crystal Globe at the World Tour Finals on Sunday in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
The Moncton native took silver in the 1,500 meters and then took gold ahead of reigning world champion Xandra Welzeboer of the Netherlands in the 500 meters.
Saro, 25, started from second position and surprised Welzeboer with a pass from the outside on the third lap to take the win.
Florence Brunel of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, also took bronze on the 500m podium.
Courtney Saro won the gold medal in the 500 meters at Sunday's World Tour event in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, while teammate Florence Brunel took bronze.
Sarah finishes the season with nine medals (nine gold, three silver and a bronze) and becomes the first Canadian to win an overall World Tour title.
The reigning national champion earned the crown with 980 points, 150 points ahead of second-place Corrine Stoddard of the United States.
Courtney Saro won the silver medal in the 1,500 meters at Sunday's World Tour stop in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, presenting the Moncton native with the Crystal Globe.
The Canadian Ice Maples, who won their first team title last year, were champions again, winning 31 medals (15 gold, seven silver and nine bronze) across four World Tour events. They dialed With 5,656 points, they were well ahead of the second-place Dutch Lions (4,807).
Montreal's William Danginou won the men's Crystal Globe on Saturday for the second year in a row.
The series has been shortened from the usual six stops to four to make way for the Olympic Games, where we will next see these athletes in action.
Moncton's Courtney Saro and Montreal's William Danjinou received Crystal Globes after being crowned overall World Tour Short Track champions.
