Canadian short-track star Will Dandjinou will race the long-track national championships — same engine, much longer laps — looking for a reset after a disappointing Olympics.
Short track is chaos: elbows, crashes, split-second ruin. Long track is a time trial against yourself. For a skater needing calm and control, the swap makes perfect sense.
Toronto athletes know reinvention: switching sports, switching sounds, switching lanes when the old one jams. Dandjinou isn't quitting — he's rerouting.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
Racing long track at nationals after short-track struggles.
A calmer, control-focused reset.