OBIHIRO, Japan, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Host Japan landed two gold medals from speed skating at the Asian Winter Games here on Tuesday.
Miho Takagi took her third medal here with a victory in the women's 1,500 meters, while Takuro Oda came first in the men's 1,000m.
Takagi, who had the 3,000m gold and 1,000m silver to her belt, triumphed in one minute, 56.07 seconds, while her teammate Misaki Oshigiri came second in 1:58.13.
Nana Takagi finished third in 1:59.45 with her fellow Japanese Ayano Sato fourth in 1:59.77.
China's Olympic 1,000m gold medalist Zhang Hong, who clocked 2:00.14, took a lucky bronze since the Olympic Council of Asia doesn't allow a clean sweep of the podium by the same delegation.
"This was the event where we had the biggest chance of sweeping the top four spots, and being able to do that was very significant for us as a Japan national team," said Takagi
Oda took the men's 1,000m in 1:09.33, ahead of Denis Kuzin of Kazakhstan (1:09.64) and Japan's Shunsuke Nakamura (1:09.76).
