Kulizhnikov won the first race, finishing with a time of 33.616 seconds.
Earlier in the same race, the world record was updated by fellow Japanese sprinter Tatsuya Shinhama (33.835), who finished second in the end. Another Japanese skater Yuma Murakami finished third (34.113).
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Angelina Golikova came in third in the same distance among women.
Last year, 14-year-old Russian skater Alexandra Trusova set a new world record at the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Lithuania by earning 74.74 points in figure skating short programme.
