Sky-high Olympic record! The first in Beijing. And it is right in the final

With the 3000 meter run, the women’s competition at the National Speed ​​Skating Oval began. Among the competitors taking part in today’s competition, however, there were no Polish representatives. The competition was held in pairs whose composition was determined according to the World Cup classification.

Speed ​​skating. Miho Takagi the best in the first part of the struggle

In the first round of the competition for medals over a distance of 3000 meters, Natalia Voronina, Yevgeny Lalenkov, Miho Takagi, Nadezhda Morozova, Ahenaer Adake won their “duels”.

Quite a good time, 4: 04,97 was dialed by the representative Nadezhda Morozova. However, Kazaszka did not enjoy it for long, because Miho Takagi achieved a better result by over 3 seconds.

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It was the Japanese who won this part of the competition, and Carlijn Achtereekte, who rode with her, was second. Then there was a technical break related to the preparation of the track. After the struggle resumed, the fight for medals began.

Irene Schouten broke the Olympic record and won the first gold for the Netherlands

After several minutes of break, the best skaters entered the track. After two more heats, Miho Takagi managed to keep the lead, but only temporarily. The Japanese leader was changed by the Olympic champion from Vancouver, Martina Sablikova. The Czech woman was very close to breaking the four-minute barrier (4: 00,34).

Moments later, Isabelle Weidemann improved her result by almost two seconds, setting a new track record and taking the lead. The real feast for the fans was the last race, in which the medals of the most valuable metals were “distributed”.

Irene Schouten faced Francesca Lollobrigida. The fight continued until the last lap. The Dutch woman set a high pace from the very beginning, but the Italian bravely kept pace with her. Eventually, Schouten won gold, who also broke the first Olympic record for those with a score of 3: 56.93. Silver went to Lollobrigidia. The bronze was won by Canadian Isabelle Weidemann.