Canada's Dandjinou golden again at World Cup short track event in Germany
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Canadian short track speed skater William Dandjinou continued his winning ways at a World Cup event in Dresden, Germany, on Saturday.
The Montreal native finished the men's 1,500-metre final in two minutes 11.460 seconds to win his second straight gold medal in the distance. Dandjinou took top honours in the 1,500 at the last World Cup event in Seoul in December.
Rounding out the podium in Dresden were Stijn Desmet of Belgium, who captured silver in in 2:11.711, and South Korea's Kim Gun Woo, who captured bronze in 2:11.785.
Pascal Dion, also from Montreal, was sixth in the 1,500 with a time of 2:12.122.
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