Tingyu Gao became China’s first ever male Olympic speed skating gold medallist after he set a new Games record to claim the 500m title.
Gao made history as the first male Chinese athlete to win a speed skating Olympic medal with his bronze in 2018.
The 24-year-old’s time of 34.32 seconds was 0.09 faster than the previous record, set by Haavard Lorentzen of Norway in Pyeongchang four years ago.
South Korean Min-Kyu Cha took silver, with Japan’s Wataru Morishige in third.
Team GB’s Cornelius Kersten, whose favoured event is the 1,000m, which takes place on Friday, finished 25th.
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