Speed Skating Women's 1500m Takagi Wins Link Record Update November 22, 15:00
At the women's 1500m speed skating competition held in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, Miho Takagi won the time to break her own link record.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the World Cup scheduled at the same time was canceled at the speed skating all-Japan selection competition Hachinohe, so the top players in Japan participated.
Among the events held on the 22nd of the last day, Takagi, a world record holder and silver medalist of the Pyeongchang Olympics, participated in the women's 1500m.
Takagi, who passed 700m in the first half with the fastest overall time, finished in 1'55.60, although his pace slowed down in the second half, and he won the championship by updating his link record by 0.72.
Takagi is an update of the link record following the women's 1000m on the 21st.
In response to the interview after the race, Takagi mentioned an accident in which the player fell in the race just before the run and the start time was delayed by nearly 10 minutes. "I didn't lose my concentration, but I was able to improve while I was waiting. I didn't. I should have dealt with any irregularities. "
On top of that, regarding the content of the race, he said, "In the second half, I stalled and the lap fell a lot. I wanted to put out a link record, but I think it will be difficult to fight in the world unless I put out the 54 second range." Was tightening.
In other events, Ryosuke Tsuchiya won the men's 10,000m at 13: 16.10, breaking his own record of 0.56 in Japan.