LTSS - No Medals, but Great Finishes

After a day off, Canada's long track speed skaters jumped back into the fray - with the men competing in the 1000-meter event and the women grinding it out in the 5000-meter final.


On the women's side, Justine L'Heureux was the top Canadian skater, clocking a time of 7:31.63 - good for 6th spot, one better than Shannon Sibold's 7th place time of 7:32.99.

Calgary's Kirtsi Lay was 15th with a time of 7:48.50.

View final race results here - http://10.123.0.10/JSXX_CX/pdf/sh/0416992E.PDF

Next up for the women is the 1000-meter event - with the preliminaries going Wednesday morning and the finals taking place in the afternoon.

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In the men's 1000-meter event, Philippe Riopel continued to be the best skater for Canada - finishing 5th in a time of 1:11.51. Regina's Mykola Makowsky was 14th in 1:12.31, while Vincent Blouin finished 22nd clocking a time of 1:14.02 - three placings higher than Calgarian Keith Sulzer's 25th place time of 1:14.38.

View final race results here - http://10.123.0.10/JSXX_CX/pdf/sh/0403992E.PDF

Wednesday is also the next competition day for the men as they take part in the greulling 10000-meter event.