Canadian speed skater William Dandjinou capped his dominant short track World Tour season with another gold while Canada won the team Crystal Globe on Sunday at the finale in Milan, Italy.
The 23-year-old rising star clocked one minute 23.025 seconds in the men’s 1,000 metres to beat Italian favourite Pietro Sighel (1:23.119) and South Korea’s Jang Sung-woo (1:23.220), claiming his Tour-best eighth individual victory of the season.
Montreal’s Danjinou, the reigning world champion in the distance, made history Saturday by becoming Canada’s first-ever overall Crystal Globe winner. He is aiming to make his Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026 on the same oval.
Danjinou finished first overall in the 1,500m standings and second in both the 500m and 1000m.
After having already locked up the Crystal Globe for the men’s overall title, William Dandjinou won the men’s 1,000-metre race at the ISU Short Track World Tour finale in Milan, Italy.
Dandjinou also helped Canada win silver medals in the men’s 5,000m relay and 2,000m mixed team relay on the final day of competition.
Canada was awarded the first-ever team crystal globe, which is based on the results from every race this season. The Ice Maples topped the final standings with 8,731 points — 1,812 more than second-place finishers Netherlands.
The Canadians raised their season total to 37 medals across six stops, including a record 21 gold.
The women’s and men’s relay teams finished the season ranked first overall, while the mixed relay squad placed second overall after a breakthrough season.
Canada’s Steven Dubois clinched the 500m title, with teammate Jordan Pierre-Gilles finishing in a three-way tie for third in the distance.
Watch the Canadian Ice Maples receive their Crystal Globe for winning the team title, along with Montreal’s William Dandjinou claiming the Crystal Globe for winning the men’s title, at the ISU Short Track World Tour finale in Milan, Italy.
Canada’s mixed relay squad was upgraded from bronze after Italy was penalized due to an illegal lane change. Dandjinou, Pierre-Gilles, Danaé Blais, Florence Brunelle, Félix Roussel, Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault posted a time of 2:38.187.
The Dutch team topped the podium in 2:38.005, while Japan (2:38.339) was moved up to bronze.
After Italy was penalized due to an illegal lane change, Canada’s mixed team relay squad was upgraded to the silver medal, on the final day of the ISU Short Track World Tour finale in Milan, Italy.
Pierre-Gilles, Dandjinou and Roussel returned to the podium in the men’s relay alongside Dubois and Maxime Laoun with a time of 6:42.878, just 0.06 seconds behind the Italian team.
Kazakhstan (6:46.068) took bronze.
The short track world championships are set for March 14-16 in Beijing.
Canada’s men’s 5,000m relay team won the silver medal in the final race of the ISU Short Track World Tour finale in Milan, Italy.