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Summary Valerie Maltais broke the world short-track speedskating record in the 1,000 metres.
Canadas Valerie Maltais broke the world short-track speedskating record in the 1,000 metres on Friday, winning her qualification heat at the ISU World Cup in 1 minute, 27.653 seconds.The Quebec skater broke the mark of 1:29.049 set by Chinas Zhou Yang in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.I knew that I was able to get a world record because I did it during the Canadian Fall World Cup selections in Calgary (in September), Maltais said. When started my race I just told my coach I was going to go fast during the race, but I didnt say I was trying to break the record.
