William Dandjinou clinched his second-consecutive title and Courtney Sarault earned her first as Canada swept the races to the 2025 Crystal Globes on the last day of competition at the fourth and final leg of the World Tour circuit in Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Dandjinou secured his title with a win in a seventh-straight A Final, skating to his third 1500m gold in four races this season. With a silver medal in the 500m, he extended his already-impressive lead in the Crystal Globe standings to an insurmountable 238 points.
The 24-year-old crashed in the semifinals of the last individual men's race of the season, the 1000m, but finished first in the B Final.
Last season, Dandjinou became Canada's first-ever Crystal Globe winner, dethroning two-time champion Park Ji-Won. The overall season title was Canada's first since Charles Hamelin earned the honor on the 2013-14 World Cup circuit.
Sarault entered the final day of competition just 100 points ahead of American Corinne Stoddard with two individual races left — the 1500m and the 500m.
Both skaters advanced to the A Final in the 1500m, giving Sarault a chance to lock up her lead and Stoddard a chance to narrow the gap. During the race, however, Belgium's Hanne Desmet made an illegal inside pass, bumping into Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer and causing a chain reaction that sent them and Stoddard crashing into the boards.
Sarault finished in 2nd, all but ending the race to the Crystal Globe and marking the completion of a comeback which began after she missed the start of last season due to physical and mental injury.
The 25-year-old solidified her top position with a gold in the women's 500m, dethroning Velzeboer, who had won the last four races in which she had competed on the international level.
Stoddard finished just behind her in 2nd place for her seventh medal of the season, flying from 5th place to 2nd with just one lap to go. Her final position as the World No. 2 is a personal best.
Sarault also secured the season's 1000m title on Day 3.
Despite placing 4th in the weekend's mixed relay final, Canada earned the season title in the event, as well as their second straight in the overall combined team competition.
The United States made its first podium in the mixed relay to close the World Tour, skating to silver behind the Dutch.
The end of the World Tour circuit also marks the final opportunity for skaters to earn Olympic quota spots for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee will award each eligible country its designated number of quota spots, based on the performances of each country’s athletes, on or before Dec. 12, 2025. At that point, countries may nominate athletes to their respective Olympic rosters.
Each country may secure a maximum of five quota spots per gender if the country qualifies a relay team. If a country fails to qualify a relay team, the maximum number of quota spots the country can receive per gender is three.
The eight highest-ranked relay teams in each gender qualify for the Olympics. Countries allocated at least two quota spots per gender will qualify for the mixed relay event, with a maximum of 12 teams qualifying for the Olympics.
American skaters may qualify for the Olympic team in two ways on the World Tour:
- Earning a medal in any individual distance at the 2025-2026 ISU World Tour Competitions
- Securing two top-20 finishes in any individual distance at the 2025-2026 ISU World Tour Competitions
Should more U.S. skaters satisfy the above criteria than the awarded quota spots allow, a tiebreak process will ensue.
US Speedskating is expected to announce its official Olympic roster Dec. 13.
Below are the full results of the final day of competition:
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Women's 500m |
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Men's 1000m |
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Women's 1500m |
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Men's Relay |
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Mixed Relay |
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