Pavel Kulizhnikov

Pavel Kulizhnikov
WSDSSC Kolomna 2016 - Pavel Kulizhnikov 2.JPG
Kulizhnikov in 2016
Personal information
Full name Pavel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov
Born (1994-04-20) 20 April 1994
Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
World Cup wins 22
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Speed skating
Event(s) 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, Sprint
Turned pro 14 November 2014
Coached by Dmitry Dorofeyev
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's speed skating
World Sprint Championships
2015 Astana Sprint
2016 Seoul Sprint
World Single Distance Championships
2015 Heerenveen 500 m
2016 Kolomna 1000 m
2016 Kolomna 500 m
2015 Heerenveen 1000 m
ISU World Cup
2014-15 Season 500 m
2014-15 Season 1000 m
2015-16 Season 500 m
2015-16 Season 1000 m
World Junior Championships
Disqualified 2012 Obihiro 500 m
Disqualified 2012 Obihiro 1000 m

Pavel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov (Russian: Павел Александрович Кулижников; born 20 April 1994) is a Russian speed skater. He won the men's 500 metres event at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships as well as the 2015 World Sprint Championships, becoming the youngest winner since speed skating icon Eric Heiden of the United States.[1] In 2015, he became the first speed skater to finish the 500 meter in under 34 seconds with a world record of 33.98.[2] Kulizhnikov is also the current holder of the Russian 1000 m record.[3] At the 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, Kulizhnikov won the men's 500 m lapses and 1000 m, becoming the first man to win 500m and 1000m gold at the same speed skating World Single Distances Championships.[4]

Career

Junior

Kulizhnikov was a talented junior and prodigy, winning numerous of the Junior World Cup in the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons. At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Obihiro, Japan, then 17-year-old Kulizhnikov won gold in the 1000 meters and bronze in the 500 meters but was later disqualified from the results for a doping violation and suspended for two years ending his quest to compete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Kulizhnikov stated that methylhexanamine[5] was found in his body because of a nasal spray for colds.

Senior

After a two-year doping suspension, Kulizhnikov debuted in his first World Cup series in the 2014/2015, he started his competition in Obihiro taking gold in 1000 meters and silver in 500 meters.[6] He won a total of 3 gold at the 2014–15 World Cup men's 1000 meters and 8 gold in 2014–15 World Cup men's 500 metres. He won gold at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships in 500 meters,[7] as well as the 2015 World Sprint Championships,[8] 18 years later since the last Russian Sergey Klevchenya won Sprint. He is also the youngest speed skater to win since speed skating Icon Eric Heiden of the United States.[1] Kulizhnikov withdrew from the last leg of the World Cup series of the season nursing a back injury, his teammate Ruslan Murashov won the final event of the series in 500 meters in Erfurt, Germany. Kulizhnikov took 1st place in the overall ranking in the men's speed skating for 500 m and 1000 m in the 2014/15 World Cup Series. He underwent back treatment in the first half of the season.

For the 2015/16 season, Kulizhnikov competed at the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary, winning the 500 m with a new Russian record of 34.11. He then won silver in 1000 m updating his record to 1:07.33. On November 15, 2015, Kulizhnikov broke the world record in men's 500 m, clocking a time of 34.00 seconds to beat the previous record of 34.03 set by Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada in 2007.[9] Five days later at the second World Cup meet in Salt Lake City on 20 November 2015, he improved his world record to 33.98.[10] He then won the men's 1000 m with an updated personal best of 1:06.70. Kuliznikov withdrew from the list in competition at the 2015–16 ISU World Cup in Inzell because of a flu.[11] He returned to competition at the 2015–16 World Cup in Heerenveen where he won gold medals in 500 m and 1000 m in a time of 1:08.16 (a track record, and a lowland world record).[12] On the third day of competition in 500 m race, Kulizhnikov unexpectedly fell in the inner corner in his mid race and finished 20th, teammate Ruslan Murashov won the event. Kulizhnikov was unharmed from the fall and did not suffer any major injuries.[13] In January 29–31, Kulizhnikov competed at the ISU World Cup in Stavanger winning the gold medals in 500 m and in 1000 m, where he updated his new Lowland World Record time of 1:08.10.[14] On February 11–14, at the 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Kulizhnikov won two gold medals, winning the men's 500 m lapses and 1000 m,[15] becoming the first man to win 500m and 1000m gold at the same speed skating World Single Distances Championships.[4] In February 26-28, Kulizhnikov retained his Sprint title winning the 2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships held in Seoul, South Korea.[16]

On 8 March 2016 it was reported that Kulizhnikov had failed a drug test, testing positive for meldonium, an anti-ischemic drug added to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)'s banned substances list in 2016.[17][18] On April 13, the World Anti-Doping Agency gave amnesty to athletes with the presence of less than 1 microgram of meldonium in doping samples in tests conducted on athletes before March 1, 2016 is acceptable, WADA cites due to uncertainties and lack of studies for how long meldonium stays in the body.[19] On 21 April 2016, the International Skating Union lifted its temporary ban on Kulizhnikov and he was reinstated in the team, since the concentration of meldonium was below the threshold.[20]

the International Skating Union's Official Statement was quoted: "In the case of Meldonium, the WADA recognized that there is currently a lack of clear scientific information on excretion time and considers that in certain circumstances there may be grounds for no fault or negligence on the part of the athlete. All mentioned above skaters credibly assured the ISU that they have discontinued the use of Meldonium prior to January 1, 2016, when the substance was included in the prohibited list. In light of the given information, the ISU has decided to lift the provisional suspension imposed on the four skaters, with immediate effect, to stay the results management process and consequently not to disqualify any results at the present stage."[21]

Personal records

Personal records[22]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 33.98 20 November 2015 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Current world record.[2]
1000 m 1:06.70 21 November 2015 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Current Russian record.[3]
1500 m 1:47.26 22 January 2015 Kolomna Speed Skating Center, Kolomna
3000 m 3:56.26 11 December 2011 Speed Skating Centre, Kolomna
5000 m 7:04.65 4 February 2012 Speed Skating Centre, Kolomna

World records

World records[23]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 34.00 15 November 2015 Olympic Oval, Calgary World record until beaten by himself on 20 November 2015.[24]
500 m 33.98 20 November 2015 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Current world record.[2]
1000 m 1.08.10 30 January 2016 Sørmarka Arena, Stavanger Lowland World Record.[2]

Achievements

World Cup podiums

Kulizhnikov at the 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Date Season Location Rank Event
14 November 2014 2014–15 Obihiro 2nd, silver medalist(s) 500m
15 November 2014 2014–15 Obihiro 1st, gold medalist(s) 1000m
16 November 2014 2014–15 Obihiro 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
21 November 2014 2014–15 Seoul 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
22 November 2014 2014–15 Seoul 1st, gold medalist(s) 1000m
23 November 2014 2014–15 Seoul 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
12 December 2014 2014–15 Heerenveen 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
13 December 2014 2014–15 Heerenveen 1st, gold medalist(s) 1000m
14 December 2014 2014–15 Heerenveen 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
7 February 2015 2014–15 Heerenveen 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
7 February 2015 2014–15 Heerenveen 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1000m
8 February 2015 2014–15 Heerenveen 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
8 February 2015 2014–15 Heerenveen 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1000m
21 March 2015 2014–15 Erfurt 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
13 November 2015 2015–16 Calgary 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
14 November 2015 2015–16 Calgary 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1000m
15 November 2015 2015–16 Calgary 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
20 November 2015 2015–16 Salt Lake City 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
21 November 2015 2015–16 Salt Lake City 1st, gold medalist(s) 1000m
22 November 2015 2015–16 Salt Lake City 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
11 December 2015 2015–16 Heerenveen 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
12 December 2015 2015–16 Heerenveen 1st, gold medalist(s) 1000m
29 January 2016 2015–16 Stavanger 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
30 January 2016 2015–16 Stavanger 1st, gold medalist(s) 1000m
31 January 2016 2015–16 Stavanger 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
31 January 2016 2015–16 Stavanger 1st, gold medalist(s) 1000m
12 November 2016 2016–17 Harbin 2nd, silver medalist(s) 500m
12 November 2016 2016–17 Harbin 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
13 November 2016 2016–17 Harbin 1st, gold medalist(s) 500m
19 November 2016 2016–17 Nagano 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1000m

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bowe, Kulizhnikov wrap up World Sprint titles". Icenetwork. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "World Records". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "National Records – Russia (RUS)". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kulizhnikov wins again on day of records". Eurosport. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. ↑ Magnar Taule (2013-01-03). "Fikk VM-gull i posten etter russisk juks". Bergens Tidende / BT.no. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2015-09-08. Men så – utpå høsten i fjor – ble det kjent at Pavel Kulizjnikov hadde testet positivt på kroppsbyggerdopet methylhexamine. Russeren ble dermed fratatt gullet, og Lorentzen ble flyttet opp fra sølv- til gullplass.
  6. ↑ "Kulizhnikov big surprise of first ISU World Cup - News". Sportnavigator. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  7. ↑ "Pavel Kulizhnikov wins World Cup speedskating 500 meters". The Huffington Post. 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  8. ↑ "Bowe and Kulizhnikov clinch World Sprint title in style". ISU. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Russia's Kulizhnikov set speed skating world records". Citizen. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  10. ↑ "Russia's Kulizhnikov breaks world 500 record again". Associated Press. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  11. ↑ "Kulizhnikov laat alle wedstrijden in Inzell schieten". schaatsupdate.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  12. ↑ "Kulizhnikov at record pace in Heerenveen". Eurosport. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  13. ↑ "Kulizhnikov onderuit op tweede omloop, Murashov profiteert". schaatsupdate.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  14. ↑ "World Records". schaatsupdate.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  15. ↑ "Kulizhnikov wins 500m world title at World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships". ITAR-TASS. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  16. ↑ "Brittany Bowe and Pavel Kulizhnikov retain sprint titles". Eurosport. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "Russian speed skater Pavel Kulizhnikov has failed meldonium test, says coach". The Guardian. 8 March 2016.
  18. ↑ Lidia Kelly (8 March 2016). "Meldonium detected in Russian speed skaters Elistratov and Kulizhnikov - R-sport". Reuters.
  19. ↑ Dmitriy Rogovitskiy (13 April 2016). "Doping-WADA announces meldonium amnesty". Reuters.
  20. ↑ "Амнистия по полной: ISU снял обвинения в допинге c трех конькобежцев" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  21. ↑ "ISU Statement". International Skating Union. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  22. ↑ "Pavel Kulizhnikov". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "Pavel Kulizhnikov". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
Records
Preceded by
Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon		 Men's 500 m speed skating world record
15 November 2015 – present 		Succeeded by
Current holder
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