This is the final installment in a three-part series about the efforts of Obihiro, as the nation¡¯s speedskating hub, to nurture young skaters to become future Olympians.
On the evening of Feb. 1, Masayuki Kawahara, 67, manager of the Roller Skate Club, a speedskating club team in Obihiro, Hokkaido, sent a message to about 50 junior high school students and their parents via the Line app.
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