Canada Earns Podium Spots

Today in Harbin, China, Canada earned their first medals of the 2009 Winter Unversiade. Guillaume Bastille from the University of Quebec at Montreal won a silver medal in the Men's 1000m short track speed skating event. Canada also won a silver medal in the Men's 5000m relay (Guillaume Bastille, Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, Richard Shoebridge & Tyler Derraugh) and a bronze medal in the Women's 3000m relay Valerie Lambert, Annik Plamondon, Nita Avrith & Marie-Andree Mendes-Campeau) also on the short track.