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Canadian short track speed skater Dubois wins World Cup gold in Poland

Steven Dubois of Canada, shown in this file photo, won gold in the men's 500-metre final at the World Cup short track speed skating event in Gdansk, Poland on Sunday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press/File - image credit)
Steven Dubois of Canada, shown in this file photo, won gold in the men's 500-metre final at the World Cup short track speed skating event in Gdansk, Poland on Sunday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press/File - image credit)

One day after winning silver in the men's 500-metre event at the World Cup event in Gdansk, Poland, Steven Dubois added a gold in the second 500m final on Sunday.

Dubois, of Terrebonne, Que., led the race from wire-to-wire, clocking in with a final time of 40.303 seconds.

Denis Nikisha of Kazakhstan was 0.78 seconds behind for silver.

Felix Roussel of Sherbrooke, Que., appeared to originally take second place, but the Canadian was disqualified due to an arm push on eventual bronze medallist Michal Niewinski of Poland.

Montreal's Maxime Laoun placed fifth in the men's 1,000m final earlier in the day in a race that was won by Park Ji Won of South Korea.

In the chase for the Crystal Globe, Park's 1,071 points put him just ahead of Dubois' 1,052 in the overall standings. William Dandjinou of Montreal –  who is currently injured – is third with 784 points.

Moncton, N.B., native Courtney Sarault placed fifth in the women's 500m final on Sunday, vaulting her into the top 10 in the women's Crystal Globe standings, led by South Korea's Kim Gilli.

Sarault also teamed up with Kim Boutin, Rikki Doak and Renee Marie Steenge in the women's 3,000m relay, where the Canadians were disqualified due to a lane change penalty.

The Netherlands took the victory while South Korea and the United States took silver and bronze, respectively.