The selection criteria for speed skating Japanese national team players who are expected to win multiple medals at the Beijing Olympics next year have been announced, and the players who achieved good results at the World Cup starting in November will participate in the selection meeting in late December. The representative offer will be confirmed on the condition of.

The Japan Skating Federation held a board meeting in Tokyo on the 14th, and decided the selection criteria for the Japan national team for speed skating at the Beijing Olympics in February next year.



According to the selection criteria, the athletes who have achieved world-class results such as being in the top 3 on average in the World Cup, which will be held in 4 races from November, in individual events such as 500 meters and 1000 meters, It means that the unofficial decision of the representative will be confirmed on condition that he will participate in the representative selection meeting held in Nagano prefecture in late December.



Other players will be selected based on the ranking and time of the selection, as well as the results of the World Cup.



At the Beijing Olympics next year, Japan will

receive

medals

such


as the women's team pursuit who won the gold medal in the previous tournament, the women's

middle- and


long-distance ace, Miho Takagi,


and the


men's 500-meter Tatsuya Shinhama and Uma Murakami.


Expected to win.