On the 11th, Miho Takagi won the women's 3000m speed skating national tournament, which opened in Nagano City, setting a national record of 4: 1: 67.

The national speed skating competition held at M-Wave in Nagano City for 3 days from the 11th, the All Japan Selection Competition Chairman's Field Competition will be the world championship to be held in the Netherlands from the 11th following the spread of the new corona virus by the Japan Skating Federation. Since the dispatch of Japanese athletes has been postponed, the top athletes in Japan are participating.



In the race held on the 11th, Takagi, who participated in the women's 3000 meters, passed 1800 meters in the second place overall, and at the end of the race, he made use of his endurance to speed up and speed up in the domestic 4 minutes 1 second 67 seconds. I marked the highest record and won the championship.



Takagi said, "I wanted to skate faster, but I think I did what I could do in the current conditions. I was able to skate at my own pace without feeling tired until the end." ..



In addition, Tatsuya Shinhama marked 34.62 seconds in the men's 500 meters, winning his first victory of the season.



Uma Murakami, who has been doing well this season and has won four consecutive tournaments in this event, finished second in 34.68 seconds.

Shinhama "It was a big win"

Tatsuya Shinhama, who won the men's 500 meters for the first time this season, said, "I went to the race because I thought that the ranking was more important than the content of the race. I am not happy because it is later than the time I was aiming for, but one year later the Olympics It was a big win for me. "



Regarding the content of the race, "There was a part where the start reaction was slow and I was impatient. The upper body floated and it did not lead to acceleration of 100 meters. However, I was switched to compete with the remaining 400 meters. Was big. I was able to accelerate even on the back straight. "

Murakami "I think it was a valuable race"

Uma Murakami, who was second in the men's 500 meters, said, "Assuming next year's Olympics, I wanted to show my strength under any pressure, so I went to the race to feel more pressure than usual. It wasn't a race that I was satisfied with, but I think it was a valuable race. "