At the World Championships in Speed ​​Skating in Norway, an "all-round" competition has begun, in which there are four short-distance to long-distance competitions.

For women, Miho Takagi, who won four medals at the Beijing Olympics, took first place overall.

On the 5th of the 3rd day of the competition, the "all-round" competition in the 4th short-distance to long-distance race started from 500 meters for men and women, and 3000 meters for women and 5000 meters for men.



Three men and three men each participated from Japan, and among them, Miho Takagi, who won one gold medal and three silver medals at the Beijing Olympics, appeared.


In the first 500 meters she showed a stretchy slide and she finished first with a time of 38.31 seconds.


At the next 3000 meters, she skated in the same pair as Dutch gold medalist Irene Schouten at the Beijing Games.


Takagi led in the first half but was overtaken in the second half, and she finished in 4: 2: 73.


Even so, she was in 5th place at the top of the Japanese team, and Takagi was ranked 1st overall with a total of 78.765 points for the second event.



In addition, Miho Takagi's older sister, Nana, came in 4th overall, and Ayano Sato, who came in 2nd with a time of 38.49 seconds following Miho Takagi at 500 meters, came in 6th overall.



For boys, Riku Tsuchiya was in 2nd place at 500 meters, and Shane Williamson was in 14th place overall, and Masahito Obayashi was in 17th place overall.



On the final day of the tournament on the 6th, the remaining 2 events of "All Round" will be held.