Before the season for the Beijing Olympics next year begins, the domestic training camp held by speed skating Miho Takagi and others in Nagano Prefecture has been released to the press.
Top Japanese speed skating players such as Takagi are holding a training camp in Sugadairakogen, Nagano Prefecture from the 2nd of this month, before the season for the Beijing Olympics, which will start in February next year, begins.
In addition to Takagi, who won three medals at the previous Pyonchan tournament, 24 people including Tatsuya Shinhama and Uma Murakami, who are expected to be active this season at 500 meters for men, participated in the training camp. On the 14th, I trained to slide on a board called "slide board" while being aware of foam and weight shift, and checked the movement of my body while looking in the mirror.
The players are scheduled to participate in the World Cup from November after participating in the all-Japan distance-based championship, which will be held in Nagano City from the 22nd of next month.
Takagi said, "I'm trying to clear what I should do in front of me one by one. The summer Tokyo Olympics are over, and the air around me suddenly shifts to winter competition, so I feel like it. There is a feeling of tightening, "he said.
He expressed his enthusiasm for the Beijing Olympics, saying, "I want to be able to slide to win."