China’s Gao Tingyu won the men’s 500m speed skating gold in a new Olympic record time at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday, according to Xinhua.

The 24-year-old clocked a winning time of 34.32 seconds, beating the previous Olympic mark of 34.41 seconds set by Haavard Holmefjord Lorentzen of Norway at the 2018 PyeongChang Games.

Gao is China’s first ever male Olympic gold medalist in speed skating.

Cha Min-kyu of South Korea seized the silver in 34.39 seconds, while Wataru Morishige of Japan finished third in 34.49 seconds.

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