Blondin, De Haître bring home bronze, silver from world championships (Canadian Olympic Committee)
(WorldNews Sport)

(Source: Canadian Olympic Committee) Ivanie Blondin started the day with bronze in the women`s 5000m for her first world championship medal in a traditional distance race. Paired against German veteran Claudia Pechstein in the second last pairing, Blondin completed the 12 and a half laps in 6 minutes 57.14 seconds, putting her just 0.13 ahead of Russian Anna Yurakova. The 44-year-old Pechstein was more than three seconds faster, crossing the line in 6:53.93 to secure her 15th career world championship medal in the 5000m. They then watched the final...