Dubreuil, who is the world champion in the distance, set a blistering time of 33.778sec, shattering Jeremy Wotherspoon's record of 34.03, set in 2007.

He had won a medal at every World Cup event this season, but this was his first gold.

Russia's Pavel Kulizhnikov holds the record at 33.61, who achieved the feat in 2019.

China's Tingyu Gao finished second in 33.876 and Japan's Yuma Murakami came third in 33.898.

With the win, Dubreuil moved 54 points clear of Japan's Tatsuya Shinhama in the World Cup standings.

In the women's 500m, Olga Fatkulina claimed gold in 36.726.

Japan's reigning Olympic champion Nao Kodaira finished second in 36.817, with Fatkulina's compatriot Angelina Golikova third in 36.822.

The United States' Erin Jackson - who was unbeaten on the season before today - still leads the World Cup standings on 372, despite finishing down in fifth.

In the longer distances, Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida set a personal best of 3min 54.437sec to claim her first World Cup gold of the season in the women's 3,000m.

Canada's Isabelle Weidemann maintained her lead in the World Cup standings with a second place in 3:55.334, while the Czech Republic's world record holder Martina Sáblíková came third in 3:55.5.

Sweden's Nils van der Poel won the men's 3,000m in 6:04.293, continuing his unbeaten record at World Cups this season.

Italy's Davide Ghiotto and Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen claimed second and third in 6:09.342 and 6:09.521.

Van der Poel leads Bloemen by 56 points in the World Cup standings, with Ghiotto in third.