Russia (bbabo.net) - Chinese speed skater Gao Tingyu won the gold medal in the 500m at the Beijing Games, breaking an Olympic record of 34.32.

Second place was taken by Korean Cha Ming Kyu, losing 0.07 seconds to Tingyu. The top three winners were closed by the Japanese Wataru Morishige (+0.17).

The best of the Russians was the winner of the World Cup stages Artem Arefiev, who became seventh in the final protocol (+0.24). World Championship medalist Viktor Mushtakov (+0.28) and world champion Ruslan Murashov (+0.31) finished in the top ten - in ninth and tenth places.

Note that the world record holder at a distance of 500 m (33.61 seconds) is our skater Pavel Kulizhnikov, who failed to get in shape for the Olympics. The athlete, who had been ill with covid twice, including in December 2021, could not qualify for the Games in this type of program.

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