Hungarian world record at the Short Track World Cup

The Olympic champion men short track speed skating team have won the speed skating series’ Calgary event with a world record. In addition, Shaoang Liu won the gold medal on the 1000-metre race, while his brother, Sándor Shaolin Liu, got to third place in the category of the shortest distance – index.hu reported.

From the ‘golden four’ of Pyeongchang, Viktor Knoch, who is on a one-year respite, was replaced by Cole Krueger who performed along the side of the Liu brothers and Csaba Burján. The quartet confidently took over the South-Korean and Dutch teams at the end of the 5000-metre race. In addition, their time,

6 minutes and 28.625 seconds, set the new world record.

The previous record was held by the Americans with their 6 minutes and 29.052 seconds, but now, the first three teams all did better.

If you are interested in last year’s Hungarian success at the European skating championship, you can find more information about it here.

The 20-year-old Shaoang Liu also did great in the individual race. He came out winning both the quarter and semi-finals, and he managed to pass his South Korean opponent by 50.000th of a second, securing the gold medal.