At the Beijing Olympics, the women's 5000 meters of speed skating was held, and Misaki Oshigiri won the 8th place.
Twelve people participated in the women's 5000 meters of speed skating, and from Japan, Oshikiri, who was 9th in the previous tournament, and Momoka Horikawa, a third-year high school student who participated for the first time, participated.
Oshikiri followed the Czech gold medalist Martina Sabrikober from the first half of the Vancouver and Sochi tournaments, who skated in the same group, but showed a good rhythm.
In the final stage, she dropped the 400-meter lap to the 34-second range, but was tenacious, finishing at 7: 1:17, which set her personal best, and finished in 8th place.
In addition, Horikawa aggressively entered her personal best from the beginning, and she finished in 7 minutes 6:92, breaking her own Japanese junior record by about 4 seconds, and finished in 10th place.
Her gold medal was Dutch player Irene Schouten, who broke her Olympic record for more than three seconds.
Schouten is her second gold medal in the tournament, following the women's 3000 meters.
The silver medal was Isabelle Weidemann of Canada and the bronze medal was Sabrikovar of the Czech Republic.
Oshikiri "I feel the size of skating now"
Oshikiri, who won the 8th place, said, "My goal this time was to put out what I had accumulated in the race, but I was wondering if I could do it. I'm glad it was a good time, "he recalled the race that updated his personal best.
He said with a smile, "I left skating once and came back again, but now I feel the size of skating for myself and I enjoy skating."
Horikawa "I want to see a different view on this stage again four years later."
Horikawa, who updated his personal best, said, "It was a good Olympics because I was able to slip while I was nervous. I was disappointed that I couldn't reach the time I was aiming for, but I had a good experience. Four years later, this stage again. I want to see a different view. "