After Nao Kodaira won Olympic gold in 500 m speed skating, she became the first Japanese woman who did that. However, her success at Olympics was rather expected if to have a look at her performances at other speed skating competitions.Nao Kodaira was born on May 26, 1986, in Chino, Nagano, Japan. She tried to […]
Continue readingJapanese speed skater, Nao Kodaira, won gold in ladies 500 m race. She finished in 36.94 seconds. It’s already the second medal of the athlete at this Olympics as she won silver in 1000m. Moreover, she was s silver medalist of 2010 Winter Olympics in team pursuit.Lee Sang-hwa from South Korea, 2-time Olympic champion, won […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue readingThe 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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