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Canada’s Ivanie Blondin captured the overall mass start title at the speed skating World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands on Sunday.

Canada’s Isabelle Weidemann topped a medal-laden day for Canada at the speed skating World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands on Saturday, defeating hometown favourite Antointette de Jong to capture gold.

CBC Sports is providing a free live stream of the sixth speed skating World Cup event of the season from Heerenveen, Netherlands, beginning on Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. ET.

Tune into Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. This week's program features action from the speed skating World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

Ivanie Blondin claimed a silver medal Sunday at the ISU world sprint/allround speed skating championships in Hamar, Norway, becoming the first Canadian woman to reach the overall podium at the event since Christine Nesbitt in 2012.

Canada's Laurent Dubreuil captured a silver medal Saturday by finishing second in the overall standings at the ISU world sprint/allround speed skating championships in Hamar, Norway.

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 ISU World Allround and Sprint Speed Skating Championships.

Watch speed skating action from the ISU World Allround and Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, Norway.

Canadians took home three mass start medals on the final day of the ISU World Single Distances Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval, highlighted by Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin's gold medal skate.

Canadian Laurent Dubreuil earned bronze in 1:06.76 in the men's 1,000m, while two Russians broke world records on Saturday in Kearns, Utah.