The All Japan Selection Competition Nagano Tournament for Speed Skating started on the 11th, and Nao Kodaira, a gold medalist, won the Pyeongchang Olympics at the women's 500 meters.
Kodaira continued to lack vivid races such as losing in the domestic competition for the first time in five seasons last year, but this race showed signs of recovery.
The All Japan Selection Competition President's Field Tournament will be held at M-Wave in Nagano City from the 11th to the 3rd.
In this tournament, the Japan Skating Federation has postponed the dispatch of Japanese athletes to the World Championships to be held in the Netherlands from the 11th due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, so the top athletes in Japan are participating.
Of the races held on the 11th, Kodaira participated in the women's 500 meters.
Kodaira, who won the gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, had a lackluster race such as losing for the first time in five seasons last year in this event with a Japanese record, but on the 11th, he finished second overall in the first 100 meters. After passing in the time of, I got on the speed in the second half and finished in 37.67, which was the best of my season, and won the championship.
Kodaira said, "Although it is a little slower than the time I was aiming for, I feel that the content of the slip is on the path of correction and the direction of correction is not wrong. The best performance of the current performance one year before the Olympics It gives me confidence in the future. "