The Aysberg Arena has started the qualification round for 1500-meter short track speed-skating for men today.
Russian skater Victor An will compete in the second stage, Semen Yelistratov in the fourth, Kazakh skater Aydar Bekzhanov in the fourth, Denis Nikisha in the fifth.
The 2013 World Championship top 4 skaters of the 1500-meter track were: Liang, Ahn, van der Wart, Semion Elistratov (Russia). Semifinalists: Jin-Kyu Noh (South Korea), Wu, Viktor Knoch (Hungary), J.R. Celski (USA), Jon Eley (Britain)
