Figure skaters lead dominant weekend

Canadian figure skaters had a dominant performance at the Four Continents event over the weekend, while Denny Morrison continued his success with an outstanding effort during the speed skating worlds. It was also another big medal haul for Canada’s short-track team.

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Canada rules figure skating

Just like CBC’s figure skating expert Pj Kwong had predicted in her Four Continents preview, Canadians shone at the event in Seoul, South Korea. It began on Friday as ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje rallied from third place to win the competition. The Waterloo, Ont., couple remain undefeated this season.

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford continued Canada’s success on Saturday, going wire-to-wire to claim the title in the pairs event, the second at Four Continents for Duhamel, a Lively, Ont., native and Radford, who hails from Balmertown, Ont.

Duhamel and Radford have won their four international events this season, including the ISU Grand Prix Final, as well as the national title last month.

Morrison headlines speed skating worlds

Fresh off his impressive performance at the Sochi Olympics, Denny Morrison, of Fort St. John, B.C., had another outstanding effort at the long track speed skating world single distance championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

On Friday, Morrison won a silver medal in the 1,500 metres, tying him with Jeremy Wotherspoon and Kristina Groves for most all-time individual medals by Canadian skaters at the event. He followed that up with a silver medal as part of the men’s team pursuit, along with Ted-Jan Bloemen, of Calgary, and Jordan Belchos, from Markham, Ont..

Morrison narrowly missed becoming the most successful Canadian athlete at the speed skating world on Saturday after finishing fourth in the men's 1,000m.

The Canadians collected more medals on Sunday. Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin won a silver medal in the mass start races, while Laurent Dubreuil, of Levis, Que., earned bronze in the men’s 500.

Short track stars win 7 medals

The short track team had quite the World Cup medal haul over the weekend in Erzurum, Turkey as the skaters earned seven medals in total.

Charles Hamelin, of Sainte-Julie, Que., (500m), Patrick Duffy, from Oakville, Ont., (1,000), Kim Boutin, of Sherbrooke, Que., (1,000), along with the women’s relay team, reached the podium — all bronze — on Sunday.

The women’s relay team consisted of Boutin, Marianne St-Gelais (Saint-Félicien, Que.) Kasandra Bradette (Saint Félicien, Que.) and Genève Bélanger (Montreal).

On Saturday, St-Gelais and Boutin won silver and bronze, respectively in the women's 1,500, and Bradette captured silver in the 1,000.

Overall, the Canadian team racked up 28 medals (three gold, nine silver and 16 bronze) for the World Cup season, surpassing its total of 27 during the 2012-13 campaign.

St-Gelais leads the way with 12, including eight individual medals.

Luge team slides to bronze

Canada captured a bronze medal in the team relay event at the world luge championships Sunday in Sigulda, Latvia.

The team of Alex Gough (Calgary), Sam Edney (Calgary), Tristan Walker (Cochrane, Alta.) and Justin Snith (Calgary) finished behind the gold medallist from Germany and the Russians, who earned silver.

However, there was some controversy after the Canadians' run.

There was doubt as to whether Edney touched the green finishing pad at the end of the track. But officials determined Edney did in fact hit touch the pad after reviewing the video.

More from the Canadian Trail

• Brian McKeever of Canmore, Alta., captured a gold medal at a para nordic World Cup event Saturday in Asahikawa, Japan, winning the men's 10-kilometre classic-ski visually impaired race. On Sunday, National Team rookie, Brittany Hudak of Prince, Alta., Sask., captured her first career victory in the women’s standing division, while Mark Arendz, of Hartsville, P.E.I. skied to the bronze in men’s standing. Chris Klebl, of Canmore, Alta. grabbed the bronze in the men’s sit-ski race.
• Alex Harvey, of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., settled for silver Saturday at a World Cup cross-country ski event in Ostersund, Sweden. 
• Calgarians​ Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz captured a silver medal Saturday in a women's World Cup bobsled event at the Sanki Sliding Centre in Sochi, Russia.
• Justin Kripps, of Summerland, B.C., missed the podium for a second consecutive day, placing fourth in the four-man bobsled World Cup in Sochi, Russia, on Sunday. The rest of the team is comprised of Timothy Randall of Burlington Ont., Edmonton’s Bryan Barnett and Ben Coakwell of Saskatoon. Kripps and Barnett were fourth in the two-man race on Saturday.