Career
But in the summer of 2005, when his trainer Sergey Klevchenya organised a football-game, Lobkov got injured. His preparation for the Olympics was therefore too short. In his favourite 500 metres distance Lobkov ranked himself in fourteenth place.
On 12 January 2007 in Kolomna, Lobkov improved his 2003 personal best of 34.51 seconds, set at the Olympic rink in Salt Lake City, down to a record level of 34.35.
At the time, only the two Japanese skaters Joji Kato (3430) and Hiroyasu Shimizu (3432) had ever skated faster. Lobkov missed the overall bronze medal by the slim margin of 0.060 points.