Japan's Miho Takagi won the women's 1,000 meters at the speed skating world championships on Saturday, becoming her country's first back-to-back individual event winner at the tournament.The 2022 Beijing Olympics gold medalist in the distance crossed the line in 1 minute, 14.75 seconds in Hamar, Norway, 0.23 ahead of Femke Kok of the Netherlands in second. Jutta Leerdam, also of the Netherlands, was 0.07 further back in third."I managed to stay tenacious until the end," Takagi said. "There were issues and I think it wasn't the perfect race, but I have experienced the importance and difficul…READ FULL ARTICLE
