Canada’s Kali Christ strikes gold in women’s 1,500m at ISU Speed Skating Four Continents | CBC Sports

It was Christ’s second podium in two days, having captured a bronze medal in the women’s team sprint event on Wednesday with teammates Lindsey Kent and Carolina Hiller.

Team Canada added two more medals on the second day of the tournament, raising its total to six overall. Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary earned silver in the men’s 1,500m, while Hayden Mayeur of Toronto also finished second in the men’s mass start.

WATCH l Regina’s Kali Christ goes gold in women’s 1,500m:

Regina’s Kali Christ strikes Four Continents gold in women’s 1,5000m

Kali Christ of Regina won the women’s 1,500-metre event at the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Calgary. 3:56

“I just wanted to go out there and work on the technical points that I’ve been focusing on this week with my coaches, Bart [Schouten] and Shannon [Rempel], and I think I did just that,” said Christ after the race.

“I feel like I’m getting back to how I use to skate before the pandemic. It feels really good knowing that I can still execute those technical points in a race when I need to.”

WATCH l Ted-Jan Bloemen skates to hometown silver medal:

Calgary’s Ted-Jan Bloemen skates to hometown silver medal at Four Continents

Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary won silver in the men’s 1,500-metre event at the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Calgary. 3:03

Bloemen, who captured two medals at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, posted a time of 1:45.659 in the men’s 1,500m for silver.

The hometown skater finished just 0.33 seconds behind Dmitry Morozov of Kazakhstan and ahead of Min Seok Kim of South Korea, who finished the race 1.14 slower than Morozov.

On Wednesday, Bloemen won gold in the men’s 5,000m race.

Mayeur set a time of 8:17.970, only 0.96 shy of gold medallist Cheonho Um of South Korea. American Zach Stoppelmoor came 1.13 behind Um’s time for bronze.

WATCH l Toronto’s Hayden Mayeur earns silver in mass start:

Toronto’s Hayden Mayeur claims Four Continents silver in the mass start

Hayden Mayeur of Toronto won silver in the men’s mass start event at the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Calgary. 13:52

“There were a few opportunities during the race where I found myself chasing down a couple breakaway attempts, which may have gotten rid of a bit of energy, but I didn’t want to give away the chance at winning a medal so I put myself out there to bring the field down,” Mayeur said.

Neufeld was eighth in the men’s mass start, while Laura Hall finished the women’s 1,500 event in sixth.

The men’s and women’s 1,000m and team pursuit races will wrap up the three-day event on Friday.