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Speed Skating: Japanese Speed Skaters Won the Women’s Team Pursuit

Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Nana Takagi

​Japanese team, which included Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Nana Takagi, won gold in women’s team pursuit. They finished with the overall time of 2 minutes 53.89 seconds and set a new Olympic record. It’s the third medal for Miho Takagi, who earned silver in 1500 m and bronze in 1000m.Marrit Leenstra, Ireen Wust and […]

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Speed Skating: The Dominance of Netherlands Continues with Jorien Ter Mors Winning a Gold Medal in Ladies’ 1000m

Jorien Ter Mors poster

The trend of Dutch speed skaters to win gold in PyeongChang continues. Jorien ter Mors won gold in 1000 m women’s race, finishing in 1 minute 13.56 seconds. At 2014 Winter Olympics, the athlete won 2 gold medals in 1500m and women’s team pursuit.Japanese speed skaters, Nao Kodaira, silver medalist of 2010 Winter Olympics in […]

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Speed Skating: Ireen Wust Won 1500m Race and Gained Her 5th Olympic Gold

Ireen Wust

The Netherlands showed the best result in speed skating again. Ireen Wust, who won a silver medal in 3000 m race, became the winner of 1500 m race. She completed the race in 1 minute 54.35 seconds. After this win, Ireen became the most successful Olympic speedskater as she already has 4 gold and 3 […]

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