Nagano, Jan. 18.
Three new ice-skating records Y. were established on the first day of the All Japan Ice Skating Championships at Tade yesterday.
Covering the distance in 8 minutes, 47 seconds, Mr. Yushoku Cho, student Meiji University, won the men's 500-metre race to break the five-year record of 8 minutes, 49.9 sec-ends set by Mr. Seigen Kin, of the same University, in 1933.
Miss Kiyo Nakagawa, of the Tomakomai Girls' High School in Hokkaido, broke two records in the women's contests, according a time of 5 minutes 55.6 seconds in the 3,000 metre race, and a time of 1 minute 48.4 seconds in the 1,000- metre contest,—Domei.
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