On the stage of the world Cup speed skating in calgary, Alberta Russian athletes occupied the entire podium in the race for 500 meters.
was the First time 34,041 second world champion Ruslan Murashov. Second place went to Pavel Kulizhnikov (34,052), rounded out the top three in the Victor Mushtukov (34,069). Another Russian, Artem Arefyev (34,778) took 18th place.