MOSCOW, Jan 9 Russian skater Timur Karamov took 14th place on 500 meters at the European Individual Distance Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, won by Petr Michalski of Poland, who covered the distance in 34.602 seconds. The second was the Dutchman Merain Scheperkamp (+0.01). The third place was taken by his compatriot Dai Dai Ntab (+0.16). Karamov lost 0.98 seconds to the winner. Russian Viktor Lobas finished 16th (+1.07), Daniil Belyaev 17th (+1.38). The European Championship in Heerenveen will end on January 9.
