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AYANO SATO

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Feb 15, 2022
Japan's team pursuit title defense ends with fall on final bend
Japan was on course for the gold, but disaster struck with the finish line in sight when Nana Takagi lost her footing coming around the last bend and careened into the wall.
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Feb 12, 2022
Japan's women's team moves into semis with Olympic record in speedskating pursuit
The three-woman team of Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her older sister Nana Takagi set a blistering time to better their record set four years ago.
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Feb 15, 2020
Japan sets record in team pursuit
The Japan women's trio, sisters Miho and Nana Takagi and Ayano Sato, won the team pursuit in a world-record time on the opening day of the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships on Friday.
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Dec 15, 2019
Japan wins women's team pursuit at speedskating World Cup in Nagano
Japan's women claimed their first team pursuit victory of the season in front of a home crowd on Sunday, the final day of the ISU World Cup in Nagano.
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Feb 9, 2019
Nao Kodaira's 37-race unbeaten streak at 500 meters ends
Olympic champion Nao Kodaira's two-year undefeated run in the 500-meter race came to an end Friday when she finished second at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.
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Dec 16, 2018
Nao Kodaira pushes 500-meter win streak to 34
Nao Kodaira extended her winning streak to 34 straight races with a gold-medal 500-meter sprint performance at a World Cup event in the Netherlands on Saturday.
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Dec 10, 2018
Miho Takagi races to third gold medal in Poland
Miho Takagi earned her third gold medal of the week Sunday when she led Japan to victory in the women's team sprint at the ISU World Cup in Poland.
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Dec 8, 2018
Japan shines at World Cup meet
Japan dominated the men's and women's team pursuit events on the opening day of the third World Cup meet of the season on Friday.
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Nov 16, 2018
Nao Kodaira claims 30th straight victory in 500-meter races
Nao Kodaira opened her World Cup season with another 500-meter victory on Friday, while her compatriots captured their eighth straight World Cup women's team pursuit win.
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Feb 24, 2018
Nana Takagi zooms to gold in women's mass start final
Japan's Nana Takagi won the gold medal in the women's mass start final at Gangneung Oval on Saturday night.
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Feb 22, 2018
Miho Takagi overjoyed after claiming coveted gold medal in team pursuit
After winning an individual silver in the women's 1,500 meters and then a bronze in the 1,000, Miho Takagi finally got the medal she coveted the most.
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Feb 21, 2018
Japan women shatter Olympic record, conquer defending champion Netherlands in team pursuit final
Japan's women captured the team pursuit gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, beating the defending champion Netherlands on Wednesday.
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Feb 19, 2018
Japan moves into women's speedskating team pursuit semis
World record-holding gold-medal favorite Japan advanced to the semifinals of the women's team pursuit at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Monday.
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Nov 12, 2017
Miho Takagi wins first 1,500 meters race of World Cup speedskating season
Miho Takagi won the season's first World Cup women's 1,500-meter race on Saturday, while compatriots Nao Kodaira and Ayano Sato claimed titles in the women's 500-meter race and women's mass start, respectively.
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Nov 11, 2017
Japan women set team pursuit world record at Speedskating World Cup
Japan triumphed in the women's team pursuit event at the Speedskating World Cup on Friday, setting a world record by 0.02 seconds.
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Mar 6, 2017
Takagi ends Japan's medal drought at all-around speedskating worlds
Miho Takagi became the first Japanese speedskater in 17 years to win a medal at the world all-around championships when she captured the bronze on Sunday.

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