MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Kyodo) -- Miho Takagi set a Japan record with her 35th speed skating World Cup individual gold medal Friday, eclipsing Hiroyasu Shimizu and Nao Kodaira for the most from the country in distances contested at the Winter Olympics.

The 30-year-old reached the landmark after clocking 1 minute, 13.56 seconds in the women's 1,000 meters to set a track record at Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and making it four wins from four in the distance in the World Cup this season.

Brittany Bowe of the United States was 0.67 behind in second and Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong of the Netherlands was a further 0.21 back in third.

"I managed to switch on mentally and race despite not quite having a good feeling in the buildup," said Takagi, who won her first World Cup individual gold in December 2016.

"Looking back, it's taken me a good number of years to get here. The experience has served me well."

It was the 11th World Cup win in the 1,000 for Takagi, the Beijing Olympics gold medalist for the distance. The all-rounder has 23 wins in the 1,500 as well as a solitary triumph in the 3,000.

Shimizu's 34 World Cup golds and 28 of Kodaira's were in the 500, with her other six coming in the 1,000.