Nao Kodaira (JPN) skated in the final pair, after Vanessa Herzog (AUT) had already finished in 37.31 seconds. The 500m World Champion came second in the distance on Saturday. Angelina Golikova (RUS) took third place in 37.49.
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Nao Kodaira (JPN) at the ISU World Spring Speed Skating Championships 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)
Bowe won the longer distance in 1:14.60. Takagi finished in 1:14.82 to take second place. Only three ladies managed to skate under 1:15. Kodaira came fourth in 1:15.01, which was enough to retain the lead in the overall standings. Russia's Daria Kachanova came third in 1:14.94 to take fifth place overall after two distances.
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Brittany Bowe (USA) at the ISU World Spring Speed Skating Championships 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)
Kodaira started the second 500m of the weekend with a 0.26 lead over Takagi and the Olympic Champion increased the gap with a smooth race in 37.41. Despite being 0.14 slower than Saturday, the 2017 World Sprint Champion won the race, with Bowe coming second in 37.67. Angelina Golikova (RUS) came third in the first distance in Sunday on 37.71.
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Miho Takagi (JPN) at the ISU World Spring Speed Skating Championships 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)
Bowe went on to win the 1000m. Takagi managed to beat her compatriot, clocking 1:14.56 to finish first, but it was not enough to take the title. Kodaira defended her overall leading position, coming third in 1:14.96 to take her second World Sprint title. Bowe finished in 1:14.64 for second.
The world record holder in the 500m, Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) did not manage to win the opening distance on Saturday. Despite a mis-stroke, Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) took the flowers in 34.66. Kai Verbij (NED) was second in 34.72 and Kulizhnikov had to settle for third place in 34.74.
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Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) at the ISU World Spring Speed Skating Championships 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)
With his winning time of 1:07.86, Nuis was the only man to skate the 1000m under 1:08.00. Japan's Masaya Yamada (1:08.03) was second and Kulizhnikov (1:08.06) was third.
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Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) Kjeld Nuis (NED) at the ISU World Spring Speed Skating Championships 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)
Kulizhnikov closed in on the overall victory winning the 500m in style. The world record holder started in the final pair versus Kai Verbij (NED), who had blown his chances of success in the overall rankings after the awkward cross-over with Kulizhnikov in Saturday's 1000m. Verbij bounced back by clocking 34.74 and taking bronze in the 500m on Sunday, but Kulizhnikov was in a league of his own in the shortest distance. The Russian rocket equaled the Thialf track record in 34.31. Shinhama was the only one to come close, taking second in 34.45.
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Kjeld Nuis (NED) at the ISU World Spring Speed Skating Championships 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)
Nuis won the 1000m in 1:07.80, with Kulizhnikov coming second in 1:08.62 and Lorentzen third in 1:08.73. After climbing to second place in the rankings in the 500m on Sunday, Shinhama went into the 1000m with a 0.70 advantage over Håvard Lorentzen (NOR) and 1.13 over Nuis. The 22-year-old Japanese skater managed to keep both the Norwegian and the Dutchman at bay with the fifth-best time of 1:08.82 in the 1000m, to take silver in the overall standings.
