Speed Skating World Cup Ladies Pursuit Japan first win of the season December 15th 20:25
Speed skating World Cup Nagano tournament was held on the last day, and Japan, which was a representative member of the Pyongchang Olympics, won the first championship of the season this year.
The 4th round of the World Cup of Speed Skating was held at Mwave in Nagano City on the third and final day.
Of these, a three-person group of team pursuits compete in Japan, and Japan will be joined by three members, Miho Takagi, sister Nana, and Ayano Sato, who won the gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics. It was.
In Japan, Miho Takagi played a brilliant slip from the beginning of the race, and on the 5th lap, he skipped Belgium, which was slipping in the same group, and won 2 minutes 56 seconds 37.
In Japan, in this event, the second consecutive race of this season, the consecutive wins that had continued from the previous three seasons stopped at 10, but in this tournament that was held by a proven member, it won the first victory of the season.
In addition, Nao Kodaira, who won the first race on the first day of the tournament as a gold medalist at the Pyongchang Olympics, participated in the 500 meters for girls.
Kodaira was slightly behind the first 100 meters, but after that he showed a slip on the speed and was third in 37 seconds 50.
Kodaira, who was good at 500 meters, did not win two consecutive wins, but both went up to the podium in two races and left results in the tournament held at his hometown damaged by Typhoon # 19.