On the final day of the world speed skating championship, Miho Takagi was second overall in the "all-round" women's competition in the fourth short-distance to long-distance event.
On the 6th of the final day of the World Championships in Speed Skating in Norway, the remaining two "all-round" events were 1500 meters for men and women, 5000 meters for women and 10,000 meters for boys.
Three men and three men each participated from Japan, and among them, Miho Takagi, who won four medals including one gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, ranked first overall in the second event of the first half held on the 5th. I came to the second half.
At 1500 meters, where she won the silver medal at the Beijing Games, she took the top speed with acceleration in the early stages and did not slow down in the second half, finishing first with a time of 1'55.03.
After finishing the 3rd event, the top 3 players including the top player Takagi will compete with each other by a slight difference, but in the final event 5000 meters, the pace will not slow down due to stable sliding, and the personal best will be updated 7 minutes 1 With a good time of 97 seconds, he finished in 4th place, and the total points for the 4th event was 159.305.
However, Irene Schouten of the Netherlands, who won two gold medals at the 3000 meters and 5000 meters of the Beijing Games, was reversed in total points such as setting a good time of 6: 52.58 even at 5000 meters of the day. ..
Takagi missed his second overall victory since 2018, but she finished second overall.
In addition, Miho Takagi's older sister, Nana, was 7th overall, and Ayano Sato was 8th overall.
For boys, Riku Tsuchiya is 6th overall, Williamson Shien is 12th overall, Masahito Obayashi is 16th overall, and the overall victory is Sweden, which won two gold medals at the Beijing Games 5000 meters and 10000 meters. It was Nils van der Poor.