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Gambling911.com has your Women's Speed Skating odds to win the gold medal for the 1500m.
Miho Takagi is a decent size favorite at -190.
At the age of 15 Takagi represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 35th in the women's 1000 metres and 23rd in the 1500 metres. In both 2012 and 2013 she won the World Junior Speed Skating Championships.
The 23-year-old is undefeated in the 1,500 in four World Cup events she has raced in this season. She missed a chance to give a gold medal to Japan Saturday night but shrugged off the disappointment.
“I don’t think I felt any special feelings at the start of the (3,000) race and probably wasn’t at 100 percent in practice (for that distance),” Takagi said, who notably recorded a personal best at the low-altitude rink.
“But I have come into these Olympics with more focus and more finely tuned than I have at any other event. I have had a more positive image in my mind of the way I have practiced over shorter distances and it is important to regroup.”
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- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
