Maxime Laoun takes second in men's 500-metre short track final

Maxime Laoun of Montreal secured second place in the men's 500-metre A final at the ISU Short Track World Tour opener in Vancouver. Jens Van't Wout of the Netherlands won the event with a time of 40.560, narrowly beating Laoun, who finished in 40.725.

Furkan Akar of Turkey took third place with a time of 41.334. Steven Dubois, the reigning world champion and 2026 Olympic gold medallist, finished fourth in the final with a time of 54.389.

In the men's 500-metre B final, Mathieu Pelletier of Laval finished third with a time of 41.262. Jongun Rim of South Korea won the B final in 40.887, followed by Kay Huisman of the Netherlands in second at 41.129.