Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., picked up her third medal at the Milano-Cortina Olympics and second bronze, keeping the retiring American Brittany Bowe off the podium.
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CBC Sports · Posted: Feb 20, 2026 12:02 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago
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Valérie Maltais clocked one minute 54.70 second for bronze in the women’s Olympic 1,500-metre final on Friday. (Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters)
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Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., picked up her third medal at the Milano-Cortina Olympics and second bronze, keeping the retiring American Brittany Bowe off the podium.
Maltais delivered a time of one minute 54.40 seconds while Bowe, who has never medalled in the event at the Olympics in her 16-year career, clocked 1:54.70 for fourth.
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands won gold in 1:54.09 and Norway’s Ragne Wiklund went 1:54.15 for her second silver and third medal at these Games.
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Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que, claimed the 1,500-metre speed skating bronze medal on Friday, to go along with her gold medal in team pursuit and 3,000m bronze medal.Corrections and clarifications·Report error
