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The Moncton area hosts a hero’s welcome for Olympic quadruple-medallist Courtney Sarault.
First stop: Dieppe, home of admiring young speed skaters from the Codiac Cyclones club
Jennifer Sweet · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 20, 2026 2:23 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
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Olympic medallist Courtney Sarault met with competitive skaters from the Codiac Cyclones in Dieppe on Thursday before the club travels to the Canadian Youth Short-Track Championships this weekend in Dartmouth, N.S. (Codiac Cyclones/Facebook)
Moncton quadruple-medallist Courtney Sarault is back in her hometown for a post-Olympic celebration and rest.
Sarault won two silver medals and two bronze in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Games.
She also won a silver medal last weekend at the World Short-Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal.
On Thursday night, Sarault visited the Arthur-J.-LeBlanc Centre in Dieppe, the rink where she got her start in speed skating, and spent almost two hours talking to people and taking pictures, she said.
Some of the children were so excited that they cried when Sarault surprised them on the ice during practice,
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