Japanese Takagi makes Wüst tremble and takes silver
However, Wüst had to tremble until the last duel. The Japanese Miho Takagi stood on the ice and was on course for gold in the first split times. But the Japanese couldn’t quite keep up the pace at the back. In the end she was able to celebrate silver in 1:53.72 minutes. Co-favourite Antoinette de Jong (1:54.82) came in for bronze and found it difficult to hide her disappointment.
Uhrig in 25th place – “I’m super satisfied”
As expected, Berlin’s Michelle Uhrig had nothing to do with the award of the medal and ended up in 25th place with a time of 2:00.20 minutes I had to fight back a long time in 2020: “My last operation on both knees was only ten months ago. A lot of people didn’t believe that I would start here. The fact that I still had a good run now makes me doubly happy.”
At the end of the speed skating competitions on February 19, Uhrig is still running the mass start. “I feel perfect, so now I have a good feeling of getting another top result at the end of the games,” said Uhrig.
The men’s 1,500 m race is on Tuesday (08.02.2022). German speed skaters are not qualified.