The All Japan Speed ​​Skating Championships opened in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture on the 28th, and Miho Takagi won the women's 1500m by breaking her own link record by more than one second.

The tournament will be held at "YS Arena Hachinohe" for 3 days from the 28th, and on the first day, 3 events will be held for both men and women. Takagi, who won the silver medal, participated.



Takagi, who holds the link record of 1:55.60 in this event, set a new record in the 1:54 range.



Takagi passed the 700 meters in the first half in a slightly faster time than when he set the link record, and in the second half, he used his inherent endurance to slow down significantly, setting his own link record. I won the race with a time of 1:54.53, which was a 1.07 second improvement.



In the men's 500 meters, Tatsuya Shinhama, who holds the Japanese record for the event and who holds the national record, and Yuma Murakami, who both represent the Beijing Olympics, went head to head in the same group.



In the race, Murakami, who is good at 100m from the start, took the lead, but Niihama, who accelerated in the second half, overtook Murakami just before the finish and won in 34.65 seconds.



Murakami was second with a time of 34.66 seconds, just 0.01 seconds behind.



On the other hand, Ko Morishige, who won the bronze medal in the men's 500 meters at the Beijing Olympics, was fourth.



In addition, Seitaro Ichinohe won the men's 5,000m with a time of 6:23.17, which is close to the tournament record.

Takagi: "I think it's from here again."

Miho Takagi, who broke the link record in the women's 1,500 meters and won the race, said, "I feel that the race was organized as planned. I think we can gain more momentum and accelerate.

Niihama "I'm finally back"

Tatsuya Shinhama, who won the men's 500 meters this season while he was not able to skate as he should, said, "I just feel like I've finally come back. I was impatient and strained in the first 100 meters, but there I was. I was able to change my mind and try to do my own race from the beginning, and somehow I was able to cut it off at the end."



On the other hand, Yuma Murakami, who finished second, said, "I slowed down in the last 200 meters of the assignment. Next time, I definitely want to win and become the best in Japan."