Team Canada has added another to their Olympic total.
Laurent Dubreuil took home the bronze medal in the men’s 500 metre speed skating competition.
That brings our medal total to eight so far, with three silver, and five bronze.
In the same bout, Canada’s Anders Johnson placed 16th and Cedrick Brunet came 23rd.
Dubreuil, from Quebec, broke the Olympic record with 34.26 seconds, before the silver medalist, Jenning de Boo from the Netherlands, clocked 33.88 seconds. And the American, Jordan Stolz, also beat that time for the gold medal, setting another Olympic record of 33.77 seconds, according to Team Canada’s Olympic web page.
Across the country, Canadians are still waiting for that first gold on the podium.
We have more chances to medal coming up Saturday, with the women’s skeleton, men’s large hill ski jumping, and men’s 1500 metre short track.
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