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 dmitry lobkov
dmitry lobkov

dmitry vladimirovich lobkov -lrb- ; born 2 february 1981 , murom -rrb- is a russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances , with the 500 metres being his favourite .
at the 2004 world single distance championships in seoul he achieved the silver medal at this distance , only allowing jeremy wotherspoon to be faster .
he became russian sprint champion three times in a row , and was , because of his recently shown progress , a favourite to win an olympic medal in the 500 metres distance at the 2006 winter olympics in turin .
but in the summer of 2005 , when his trainer sergey klevchenya organised a football-game , lobkov got injured .
his preparation for the olympics was therefore too short .
in his favourite 500 metres distance lobkov ranked himself in fourteenth place .
on 12 january 2007 in kolomna , lobkov improved his 2003 personal best of 34.51 seconds , set at the olympic rink in salt lake city , down to a record level of 34.35 .
at the time , only the two japanese skaters joji kato -lrb- 34.30 -rrb- and hiroyasu shimizu -lrb- 34.32 -rrb- had ever skated faster .
at the 2007 world sprint championship in vikingskipet , hamar , lobkov won bronze and silver medals at the two 500-m races , and was ranked fourth overall , after lee kyou-hyuk , pekka koskela and shani davis .
lobkov missed the overall bronze medal by the slim margin of 0.060 points .
