Boisvert-Lacroix, Kodaira win World Cup speedskating races
KEARNS, Utah — Canadian Alex Boisvert-Lacroix won the men’s 500 metres and Japan’s Nao Kodaira took the women’s 500 on Friday on the opening day of the World Cup speedskating event at the Utah Olympic Oval.
Boisvert-Lacroix, who won his first World Cup gold medal last week in Calgary, finished in a personal-best 34.15 seconds.
“It’s really hard to go on after a win, recompose and come back to a race,” Boisvert-Lacroix said. “Today I felt amazing, even in my warm-up I felt I had it. I knew I was going for a personal best. To win today, I needed a personal best.”
Finland’s Mika Poutala was second in 34.17, and Dutchman Ronald Mulder followed in 34.22.