Kodaira wins the women's 500m for the sixth consecutive year at the opening round of speed skating in Japan October 23, 17:35
The domestic opening round of speed skating this season began in Nagano City, and Nao Kodaira won the women's 500 meters for the 11th time in a row for 6 years.
The All Japan Distance Championship, which will be the opening round of speed skating in Japan this season, will be held for three days at M-Wave in Nagano City from the 23rd.
Among the events held on the 23rd, Kodaira, a gold medalist and Japanese record holder of the Pyeongchang Olympics, participated in the women's 500 meters.
Kodaira was a little late in the first 100 meters and was the third time of the whole, but after that he got on the speed with a low center of gravity and marked 37.73 and won the 11th victory for 6 consecutive years. ..
Miho Takagi, who was scheduled to participate in the women's 500m and 3000m, abstained to concentrate on the race on the 24th due to the influence of his right knee that hurt in the summer.
Kodaira "Fair results"
Kodaira said, "I felt that my body couldn't react at the start and I was a little late, which made a big impact, but after 50 meters, I accelerated firmly and was connected to the second half of the lap. I think it was a decent result because it was the beginning, "he recalled.
On the 24th, he is scheduled to participate in 1000 meters, and regarding the battle for victory with Miho Takagi, "Takagi has a situation of Takagi, and I am also working on it now. I want to cherish what I have, not what I have. "
Uma Murakami won the men's 500m for the first time in four years
In the men's 500 meters, Uma Murakami won the championship for the first time in four years with 34.72 seconds.
Tatsuya Shinhama, who holds the Japanese record for this event and aimed to win the tournament for the third time in a row, lost his balance on the first curve and finished second with no time increase.
Murakami said, "It was one harvest that won the championship, but I was disappointed that I couldn't reach the target link record of 34.50 seconds, and there is a place to improve the final curve."
Regarding winning the championship by defeating Japanese record holder Tatsuya Shinhama in this event, he said, "There is no such thing as" I won. "I want to have a good race again, so I want to do my best for the next one." talked.
Shinhama said, "I was a little nervous because of the opening race, so I was late from the start. To be honest, it was not a satisfying race. The pressure of wanting to set a link record and being chased is stronger than last season. It's a race that doesn't look like me. "