The world championship of speed skating held in Norway was held on the 4th, the second day of the competition, and the boy of "Sprint" who decides the best short distance in the world, Wataru Morishige who won the bronze medal at the 500 meters of the Beijing Olympics The player was 9th overall and Tatsuya Shinhama was 5th overall.
The world championship of speed skating, which is held for four days, was a "sprint" in which the first and second days of the tournament skated twice, 500 meters and 1000 meters, to compete for the overall result.
For boys, Morishige, who won the bronze medal at the 500 meters of the Beijing Olympics last month, took 15th place overall on the first day and entered the competition on the second day.
Morishige accelerated with a light curve work for the second time at 500 meters, and finished first with a good time of 34.77 seconds.
He also finished 6th in the second time at 1000 meters with a time of 1'09.74 and was 9th overall in two days.
On the other hand, Shinhama, who aimed to be the best in the world in the sprint for the first time in two seasons, came in 5th overall on the first day and faced the second day.
He set a time of 34.88 seconds in the second time of 500 meters, and was second only to top player Morishige.
However, he stayed in 13th place at 1'10.31 at 1000 meters, and was 5th in the overall ranking in 2 days.
The winner was Thomas Krol of the Netherlands.
Three Japanese women participated, Rio Yamada was 7th overall, Arisa Tsujimoto was 11th overall, Maki Tsuji was 13th overall, and the winner was Utah Leerdam of the Netherlands.
Miho Takagi, who won one gold medal and three silver medals at the Beijing Games, is scheduled to participate in the "all-round" competition in the fourth short-distance to long-distance event starting on the 5th of the third day of the Games.