Van ’t Wout wins gold and Velzeboer takes silver in Vancouver
Jens van ’t Wout won the men’s 500m and Xandra Velzeboer claimed silver in the women’s 1,000m at the opening World Tour short-track event in Vancouver.
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Jens van ’t Wout won the men’s 500 metres and Xandra Velzeboer took silver in the women’s 1,000 metres at the first World Tour short-track event of the season in Vancouver, according to ANP.
Van ’t Wout finished ahead of Canada’s Maxime Laoun and Turkey’s Furkan Akar. The Dutch skater is the Olympic champion in the 1,000m, 1,500m and relay, and won bronze in the 500m at the Milan Games.
South Korea’s Minjeong Choi won the women’s 1,000m, with Italy’s Gloria Ioriatti taking bronze. Velzeboer is the reigning Olympic champion in the 500m and 1,000m and the reigning world champion in the 500m.
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