Russian Denis Yuskov broke an eight-year-old world record held by Shani Davis in the 1500m at a World Cup in Kearns, Utah, on Saturday.
Yuskov, undefeated over 1500m this Olympic season, clocked 1:41.02 to take .02 off Davis’ record set in December 2009, two months before Davis won his second straight Olympic silver medal in the event.
Yuskov, a three-time world 1500m champion, is an unknown when it comes to the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
He may be ineligible to be invited by the International Olympic Committee due to ban for marijuana from 2008 to 2011.