Ottawa Now - Rockland speedskater Ivanie Blondin tastes Olympic Gold, defends title in Women's Team Pursuit | Page 879 | Unpublished
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Ottawa Now - Rockland speedskater Ivanie Blondin tastes Olympic Gold, defends title in Women's Team Pursuit

February 17, 2026

In 2022, Team Canada captured Olympic Gold in the Women’s Team Pursuit. That was in Beijing. Four years later, this time in Milan, the exact same speedskating trio has done it again. It is headlined by Quebec’s Valerie Maltais, as well as Ottawa natives Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann. Bob Blondin, who lives in Rockland, is getting ready to join his daughter in Italy for the Closing Celebrations. He takes us through today’s adrenaline rush on Ottawa Now.



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