• Women's speedskating 500-meter silver medalist Miho Takagi of Japan, gold medalist Erin Jackson of the United States and bronze winner Angelina Golikova of the Russian Olympic Committee celebrate on the podium at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Sunday. | REUTERS
    Women's speedskating 500-meter silver medalist Miho Takagi of Japan, gold medalist Erin Jackson of the United States and bronze winner Angelina Golikova of the Russian Olympic Committee celebrate on the podium at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Sunday. | REUTERS

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Beijing – Japan Olympic team captain Miho Takagi on Sunday claimed her second speed skating silver medal of the Beijing Winter Games, finishing just behind new champion Erin Jackson of the United States in the women’s 500 meters.

The 29-year-old Jackson rounded the track at Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval in 37.04 seconds, 0.08 ahead of Takagi. The Russian Olympic Committee’s Angelina Golikova took bronze in 37.21.

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