François-Louis Tremblay continues his medal earning habits.

Tremblay, a member of Canada’s Olympic champion relay squad last season, clocked 42.169 seconds to edge two-time world champion Jiajun Li of China second in 42.271. Both skaters exchanged the lead four times. Suk-Woo Song of South Korea was third in 42.271 and Sebastian Praus of Germany fourth in 42.754.

“It was a great race to be involved in,” said Tremblay, 21, whose last World Cup wins were two seasons ago. “It was clean race from start to finish. I managed to hang on to the lead on the last turn. It’s great to have an opportunity again to win these races.”

Éric Bédard of Ste-Thècle, Que., and Jean-François Monette of Montreal were eliminated in the semi-finals for seventh and eighth respectively.

In a tight women’s 500, world record holder Evgenia Radanova of Bulgaria took the gold in 44.718. Tianyu Fu of China was second in 44.738, Meng Wang of China was third in 44.838 and Amélie Goulet-Nadon of Laval, Que., fourth in 44.902. It was a first individual final for a Canadian woman this season.

Canada capped the second stop on the short track speed skating World Cup circuit Sunday with four medals including gold in the men’s relay. The Canadians finish the weekend with five medals, including two gold, and stepped on the podium nine times at the first two meets. That was beyond what national team coach Guy Thibault expected. “We could have actually won a few more medals,” said Thibault. “We had some bad luck in some races. It’s a great way to start the season.”

Amélie Goulet Nadon of Laval, Que. showed that she can bring home medals as well.

The Canadians earned the victory in the men’s 5,000-metre relay for a second straight weekend clocking 6:59.383. The skaters were Francois-Louis Tremblay of Boucherville, Que., Jonathan Guilmette of Montreal, Éric Bédard of Ste-Thècle, Qué., and Mathieu Turcotte of Sherbrooke, Que., who controlled the race from start to finish despite a strong challenge from Italy.

Alanna Kraus Also gave the team a boost in the 3000 relay.

Tremblay added a bronze in the men’s 3,000-metres clocking 5:01.860 while Jean-François Monette of Montreal was sixth. Tremblay also won the men’s 500 on Saturday and placed third for the competition’s overall rankings. It was a big day for 19-year-old Amélie Goulet Nadon of Laval, Que., who captured two silver medals. In the women’s 3,000, Eun Kyung Choi of South Korea took the gold in 5:41.563 and Goulet-Nadon followed in 5:42.742 for her first career individual World Cup podium appearance. Then she teamed for silver in the women’s 3,000 relay with Annie Perreault of Rock Forest, Que., Alanna Kraus of Abbotsford, B.C., and Tania Vicent of Montreal. China won the race handily ion 4:17.958 and the Canadians clocked 4:21.088.

“I think Amélie will be a regular presence in finals at this level,” said Thibault. “She mainly lacks experience right now and still makes little mistakes. But she’s starting to show a lot of power in her skating and her top speed is nearly comparable to the world’s best. Plus she’s gaining more and more confidence.”

Kyle Shewfelt of Calgary vaulted his way to a silver medal to go with his gold from the floor event. (AP/Kevin Frayer)

The 20-year-old Shewfelt dazzled the crowd with a breathtaking routine and earned a 9.750 mark. It’s his sixth career World Cup medal, fourth this season and his first ever gold. Ioan Sylviu Suciu of Romania was second at 9.675 and Robert Gal of Hungary third at 9.500.

“I was very happy with how it went,” said Shewfelt, a double gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games this summer. “It was great to perform under the pressure of being one of the favourites, especially after qualifying first for the final.

Sunday on the men’s high bar, Jeltkov seemed to regain his magic touch after he earned a second career World Cup victory. He tied for first spot with Alexei Bondarenko of Russia, as both scored a 9.650. Aljaz Pegan of Slovenia was third at 9.600.

International success is nothing new to Jeltkov. He won a silver medal on high bar at the 1999 world championships and enjoyed success in 2000 on the World Cup circuit including a victory. But he had struggled with the new code of points in gymnastics, which was instilled after the 2000 Olympics.

On vault, world champion Marian Dragulescu of Romania was the winner at 9.712 while Shewfelt, the floor winner on Saturday, rebounded from a sixth place qualifying score to win silver at 9.550. Yernar Yerimbetov of Kazakhstan was third at 9.513.

“I had trouble on my landing in the qualifier and I was able to clean that up today,” said Shewfelt, a double gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games this past summer. “I wasn’t feeling nervous at all. The final has nothing to do with the qualifier and everybody starts at zero again.”

Trish Sinclair is named to the Pan Am MTB team

XC Elite Men:
Mathieu Toulouse - QC
Peter Wedge - NB

XC Elite Women:
Trish Sinclair - BC

XC Espoir Men:
Ricky Federau - BC

XC Junior Men:
Fréderic Bussieres - QC
Maximilian Plaxton - BC

Neil Ross, from Hamilton, ON will be managing the team.

Pole vault great Sergey Bubka of the Ukraine chairs the committee to help define athletes role in doping.

On conclusion of the discussions on doping, the participants agreed on the need for athletes to assume total responsibility for the intake of any substance that could result in a positive doping test; encouraged sports authorities to provide proper documentation for asthmatic conditions and testing prior to competition; and endorsed the position of not allowing the use of oxygen tents.

On discussion about the way athletes manage their career once they retire from competition, it was acknowledged that athletes had an important role to play in educating young people and that this would give them the chance to contribute to the promotion of the sport that launched their careers. This idea was implemented on Sunday afternoon when young promising athletes from local sports clubs were given the opportunity to meet the athletes attending the Forum during a Q&A session.

Commenting on the outcome of the Forum, Sergey Bubka said: “I am very pleased with the conclusions of this Forum. For the first time, athletes were given the opportunity to get across their messages and clearly express the need for them to be more involved in the decision-making process of sporting organisations. We are looking forward to reviewing the progress of these constructive discussions at the next forum.”