VANCOUVER, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Jens van't Wout completed a sweep of the men's individual titles and Xandra Velzeboer maintained her dominance in the women's 500m as the Vancouver stop of the ISU Short Track World Tour concluded on Sunday, while China took bronze in the men's 5,000m relay.
Van't Wout, who won the men's 500m and 1,500m on Saturday, added the 1,000m title in 1:29.034. Italy's Thomas Nadalini finished second, while South Korea's Bae Seo-chan took third in 1:29.458.
In the women's 1,500m final, home favorite Courtney Sarault, the Milan-Cortina Olympic silver medalist in the 1,000m, won in 2:28.091 ahead of Belgium's Hanne Desmet and South Korea's Choi Min-jeong.
The women's 500m title went to Olympic champion Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands in 42.563, with Sarault second and Dutch teammate Selma Poutsma third.
In the men's 5,000m relay final, South Korea overtook Canada on the final lap to win in 7:35.598, leaving Canada with silver and China with bronze. The Chinese team of Sun Long, Zhang Baihao, Zhang Zixia and Zhu Yiding led early but was passed by Canada and South Korea in the second half of the race.
The bronze was China's first medal of the new season since Wu Dajing took over as head coach. China's best individual result of the day came from Zhang Jianing, who finished fifth in the women's 1,500m final.
The Vancouver stop, held at the Pacific Coliseum from Oct. 23 to 25, was the first of seven stops on the 2026-27 ISU Short Track World Tour. The second stop is scheduled for Montreal from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. ■
