The third stage of Short Track World Cup has started in Nagoya, Japan.

      The Olympic champion Semyon Elistratov came first in qualification and reached semi-final at the distance of 1500 m. Dmitry Migunov, Semyon Elistratov and Sofya Prosvirnova from Russia got into quarterfinal at the 1000 m distance.

      At the distance of 500 m in a quarterfinal Sofya Prosvirnova, Emina Malagich, Ekaterina Konstantinova, Vladimir Grigoriev, Daniil Eybog and Artyom Kozlov got into quarterfinal.

      Men's and women's Russian national teams reached semi-finals in relays, having come first in qualification.