Takagi gets silver in women's speed skating 1,500m

Miho Takagi poses after the women's 1,500 meters in Beijing on Monday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

BEIJING -- Miho Takagi took the silver medal in the women's 1,500-meter speed skating event in 1 minute 53.72 seconds on the fourth day of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Monday.

It was her second consecutive silver in the event, following the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018.