20:18, 10 February 2014 | GMT +5
Sochi 2014: Kazakh speed skater wows at 500m race
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstani athlete has stunned in Men's 500 m Race at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi today.

Speed skater Roman Krech showed one of the fastest results in the first race of the competition. He was leading the standings for the first 30 minutes of the event. Eventually, his 35.04 score earned him the 9th spot with Jan Smeekens from the Netherlands, Michel Mulder from the Netherlands and Keiichiro Nagashima from Japan as Top 3. The 24-year-old Krech will participate in the second race later in the day.