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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Toshiaki Obitsu / Yomiuri Shimbun Sports Writer

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Miho takagi places 6th in her first race - Caught on Camera

The Yomiuri Shimbun Miho Takagi, front, finished sixth in the women's 3000-meter speed skating on Saturday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

BEIJING -- Japan Olympic team captain Miho Takagi finished sixth on Saturday in her first event of the Beijing Games, the women's 3000 meters.

Takagi finished in 4:01.77, while Ayano Sato was ninth in 4:03.40. Dutch skater Irene Schouten set a new Olympic record to win the gold medal in 3:56.93.

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