Canada stood at the top of the podium after its effort in the men's team sprint and Ted-Jan Bloemen and Ivanie Blondin also added to Canada's medal count at the long track speed skating World Cup season opener in Heerenveen, Netherlands on Sunday. finished with a time of one minute, 19.55 seconds, followed by Norway at 1:20.00 and Russia at 1:20.94. Canada sprints to long track gold in Heerenveen3:43Earlier, Bloemen, who was born in Leiderdorp, Netherlands, earned silver in the 5000-metre race with a time of 6:14.95 seconds – 2.07 seconds behind Sven Kramer, who won on home soil. Ted-Jan Bloemen skates to World Cup silver in Heerenveen9:45Benjamin Donnelly, of Oshawa, Ont., finished 11th. Ivanie Blondin wins World Cup bronze, her 3rd medal of the weekend5:29Blondin added to the silver she earned in the mass start on Saturday and also helped Canada take bronze in the team pursuit on Friday.

Source: CBC News November 12, 2017 18:00 UTC