The skater of the backstage won at the stage of the World Cup, improving his own record time

The Russian skater Pavel Kulizhnikov won at a distance of 1000 meters at the World Cup in the Dutch Herenven with a world record and a rink record.

Three -time world champion at separate distances, two -time world champion in sprint on Sunday showed the time 1 minute 7.97 seconds. The second was the Dutchman Kai Verbey (1.08,12), the Norwegian Hovard Lorentzen (1.08,28) closed the three.

The previous record on the plain at this distance also belonged to Kulizhnikov and was set in January 2016.

Russian Denis Yuskov (1.08.55) took fourth place, Alexey Yesin (1.09.30)-11th, notes R-Sport .

We add that a day earlier, Denis Yuskov took first place at a distance of 1,500 meters, showing the time 1 minute 44.42 seconds. The second was the Canadian Vincent de Haitre, the third was Dutchman Thomas Kropol. The next stage will be held in the Norwegian Stavanger on November 17-19.