At the All Japan Speed ​​Skating Championships held in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Miho Takagi won the women's 1,000m link record.

Takagi has won three tournament titles in the women's 500m and women's 1500m.

The final day of the tournament held at "YS Arena Hachinohe" was the 30th, and a total of four men's and women's events were held.



Of these, in the women's 1000 meters, Takagi, a gold medalist in this event at the Beijing Olympics in February this year and a Japanese record holder, participated, riding speed from the beginning and completing the first half of the 600 meters with the top time overall. passed.



In the remaining 400 meters, she used her endurance to ski without slowing down significantly, and won the race with a time of 1:14.65, breaking her own link record by 0.24 seconds.



Takagi won three tournament titles in the women's 500m and women's 1500m.



In the women's 5,000 meters, 19-year-old Momoka Horikawa, who was 10th in this event at the Beijing Olympics, recorded all her lap times in the 33-second range, setting a personal best of 7 minutes and 1 minute, breaking the national record of 2.79 seconds. We won the race with a time of 52 seconds.



Horikawa skating with a gap of more than 20 seconds from the second place, and together with the women's 3000m on the 29th, achieved the double crown of the tournament.



In addition, Tatsuya Shinhama won the men's 1,000m with a time of 1:08.92, combined with the men's 500m to double the tournament title. Takahiro Ito won the men's 10,000m with a time of 13:20.79. Did.

Miho Takagi "I wanted to set a time in the early 1'14s"

Miho Takagi, who won the women's 1000 meters, expressed her frustration, saying, "I was aiming for a time in the early 1'14s, so I wanted to get there."



Still, about this tournament, where she won the triple crown, she said, "I feel like I'm gradually starting to understand how to use my body. ' she recalled.

Momoka Horikawa, 5000m champion, "I was surprised to see the time"

Momoka Horikawa, who won the women's 5,000 meters by breaking the national record and winning the tournament twice, said, "I was happy, but I was surprised when I saw the time. The best thing was to be strong. It was good, and I was able to keep my lap time at 33 seconds, which led to my time.”



Looking back on the year since he participated in the Olympics, he said, "I had a very good experience, but I also had a hard time. I'm glad I finished with such a good feeling at the last competition. I can lead the long-distance world. I want to be a player like that," he said.