Pascal Dion helps Canada's men to short track relay gold, wins silver in 1,000m
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Pascal Dion was back to his medal-winning ways in the 1,000-metre distance on Sunday and also contributed to a gold performance in men's relay before leaving Hungary.
The Montreal speed skater joined Jordan-Pierre Gilles, Charles Hamelin and Steve Dubois atop the medal podium in the 5,000 event after posting a time of six minutes 44.045 seconds to beat South Korea (6:44.892) and the host Hungarians (6:45.003).
Earlier, Dion stopped the clock in 1:25.698 for silver in a short track World Cup race in Debrecen.
The 27-year-old has reached the medal podium in each of his 1,000 races this season. He won bronze on Oct. 31 in Nagoya, Japan, one week after placing third in Beijing.
Hwang Daeheon of South Korea was victorious in Sunday's competition in 1:25.425, with Dutch skater Itzhak de Laat rounding out the podium in 1:26.211.
Dion picked up his first World Cup medal in the men's 1,500 on Saturday, taking silver behind China's Ren Ziwei.
WATCH | Dion captures silver medal over 1,000 metres in Hungary:
In women's action, Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., was penalized and knocked out of medal contention in the 1,000 event.
Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands posted a winning time of 1:31.475, followed by South Korea's Choi Minjeon (1:31.789) and Poland's Natalia Maliszewska (1:31.950).
Sarault later contributed to a silver medal performance in the women's relay.
The 21-year-old teamed with Alyson Charles, Florence Brunelle and Kim Boutin to post a time of 4:06.789 over 3,000 metres. The Netherlands won in 4:06.769 and China was third in 4:06.782.
Camille de Serres-Rainville, Charles Hamelin, Steve Dubois and Brunelle placed second over 2,000 metres in 2:39.651 in mixed relay.
China prevailed in 2:39.386 and France was third in 2:40.417.
WATCH | Sarault takes bronze in Debrecen on Saturday:
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