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Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch action from the short track world championships in Montreal.

Watch as Canada's best short track athletes compete against the best the world has to offer at the world championships in Montreal.

The world short-track speed skating championships will be the last hurrah for the old guard of the Canadian team, with one exception — 33-year-old Charles Hamelin.

Kim Boutin and Samuel Girard showed all is well for Canada's short-track future as veteran power couple Charles Hamelin and Marianne St-Gelais approach the end of their storied careers.

On Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET, watch CBC Sports' special presentation of The Olympic Journey — Charles Hamelin: Legacy.

In his sport, Charles Hamelin is surrounded by chaos. That's why the longtime short track star remains so devoted to honing his craft as he looks to make Canadian Olympic history in Pyeongchang.

Short track speed skater Viktor Ahn, a six-time Olympic gold medallist, is among several top Russian athletes barred from the upcoming Olympics in Pyeongchang amid the country's ongoing doping scandal, the Russian Olympic Committee said Tuesday.

Kim Boutin became the second Canadian to finish the World Cup short track series as an overall winner on Sunday in Seoul, following a contentious final corner of the ladies 1000-metre final.

Charles Hamelin couldn't be caught in the men's 1500-metre at the short track speed skating World Cup event in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday.

Beneath the bubbly exterior, Marianne St-Gelais had a miserable Sochi Olympics and considered quitting her sport. But some sage advice from dad and a sit-down with her coach helped get the Canadian skater back on track.