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At the first World Cup in North America, in Calgary, Lucas competed in the 1500m on Friday, the 5000m on Saturday and the Team Pursuit on Sunday.

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After his silver medal and new personal best in the 1500m at the World Cup in Hamar two weeks ago, Lucas gave a good start to the World Cup in Calgary by skating to another personal best in the same distance: 1:44.09. Skating in the 8th pair against Ivan Skobrev he was 1.31 faster than his Hamar time (1:45.40), which was good for a 10th place. Chad Hedrick finished first in 1:42.14, and Shani Davis and fellow Canadian Denny Morrison completed the North American podium.

"One thing you can never complain with is progress. That’s what today was. But as good as it was to skate a big personal best, it was the confidence I gained skating the corners that I was happiest with. I wasn’t just scrambling to hold on at higher speeds - I was still able to build speed throughout. It was a solid race."

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Another day, another personal best. On the second day of the World Cup in Calgary, Lucas accomplished another personal best, this time in the 5000m. Skating in the fifth pair against Johan Röjler he brought his old personal best time of 6:25.71 down to 6:24.72, resulting in a 17th place. First was Sven Kramer in 6:11.11.

"I said it best yesterday – you can’t complain with progress. Even though my placing wasn’t the greatest today, as long as I’m still moving forward leading up to our Olympic trials then that’s all I can ask for!"

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Together with Denny Morrison and Mathieu Giroux, Lucas raced to a silver medal in today’s Team Pursuit, which was a great step up from the team’s 8th place finish in Heerenveen. Skating in the fifth pair of ten, they clocked 3:39.17, a time only the Dutch men proved to be capable of beating (3:38.05).

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Credits photo 1: Philippe Riopel 

Credits photo 2: Daniel Yeow

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