On the second day of the World Speed Skating Championships held in Canada, Shigeyuki Mori placed 4th in the men's 500 meters and did not win a medal.
The second day of the Speed Skating World Distance Championship was held in Calgary, Canada on the 16th, with Morishige, who won his first overall victory in this event at the World Cup this season, competing in the men's 500 meters. I participated.
Morishige was in the same group as his rival Tatsuya Niihama and had a flying start for the first time.
Perhaps because of this, I got off to a slow start on my second start and passed the first 100 meters in 7th place overall.
From the middle onwards, he showed his natural speed, but finished in 34.26 seconds, with Morishige in 4th place, and while other overseas competitors were skating to new personal bests, he was unable to win a medal.
Niihama, who skated with me, placed 21st, and Suma Murakami placed 9th.
On the other hand, in the women's team pursuit, in which groups of three people form a formation and compete for the best time over six laps, Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato, and 20-year-old Momoka Horikawa participated, and the team maintained a stable performance from beginning to end. He showed a good performance and took 3rd place with a time of 2 minutes 54.89 seconds, winning the bronze medal.