Valérie Maltais

In that same year, she received a bronze medal in relay at the World Short Track Championships.

This strategy helped her at the national trials, and Maltais competed in all three individual events and the relay in Sochi.

[6][7] In January 2022, Maltais was named to her first Olympic team in long track speed skating.

[8][9][10] Maltais would go on to win the gold medal as part of the team pursuit event.

[11][12] In doing so, she became only the fourth athlete to win Olympic medals in both short- and long-track speed skating, following Eric Flaim, Jorien ter Mors and Ruslan Zakharov.