Kodaira Nao who won the gold medal at the speed skating girls 500 meters said about the race this time after having won the silver medal at 1000 meters, "This distance I thought that it was the greatest opportunity to show what many people have accumulated so far.Although the first race of the tournament was 1,500 meters, the slide slowly slowly As I was at the timing I decided to fix it, I was able to slide like my own, I think that it is a medal owing to the many people who supported me so much. "