Stolz lowers men's 500m track record at ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Beijing

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- American sensation Jordan Stolz created a new men's 500m track record of 34.27 seconds at the National Speed Skating Oval, as the three-day ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Beijing opened on Friday.

Stolz broke the previous record of 34.32 set by Beijing Winter Olympic champion Gao Tingyu of China, while Jenning de Boo of the Netherlands and Japan's Tatsuya Shinhama took silver and bro