The first race of the speed skating World Cup this season was held in Norway on the 12th, and Miho Takagi, who holds the world record for this event, won the women's 1500m with a time of 1:56.55.
The first race of the speed skating World Cup this season began in Norway on the 11th, and in the second day of the competition held on the 12th, the women's 1500 meters was the world record holder in this event. Takagi, who won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, participated.
Takagi, who was in the final 10th group, passed the 700m in the first half in the 4th time overall.In the second half, he used his strength of endurance to show tenacious skating by suppressing deceleration and finished in 1:56.55. He won the race with a difference of nearly one second from second place.
With this, Takagi extended his winning streak in this event to five in the World Cups he participated in.
In the men's 500 meters, Yuma Murakami, who holds the record for the event in Japan and finished eighth at the Beijing Olympics, used his characteristic acceleration from the start to finish the first 100 meters in the top time overall. He also rode the speed and finished in 34 seconds 70, and won the championship.