Ivanie Blondin claims top-10 finish in the 1000mSTAVANGER, NORWAY – Valérie Maltais earned Canada’s lone medal on the opening day of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Stavanger, racing to a silver medal in the women’s Mass Start. finished the race in second place out of 16 skaters with a time of 8:37.19, capturing her third World Cup medal of the season. Also competing in the Mass Start was Ivanie Blondin (Ottawa, Ont.) Quotes“I’m happy to have experienced a breakaway so early in the race today. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this kind of race today.
