After an Olympic gold medal, going where no team has gone before drives Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais.
The trio captured gold in women's team pursuit in Beijing in February after four years of making the event a priority in their training.
"The only thing that we haven't accomplished as a team is that world record," Blondin said. "That's definitely a goal of ours. It would be cool for sure to do it on home ice." While both Calgary and Salt Lake vie for the title of fastest ice in the world because of aridness and altitude, many elements have to align to set a new world mark, including air pressure in the building that can be dictated by the weather outside, said Blondin.
"I think part of it is the ISU's mission to manage travel budgets and travel costs for a lot of countries," said Speedskating Canada long-track high-performance director Mark Wild.
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