Speedskaters Tatsuya Shinhama, Nao Kodaira secure overall titles
Tatsuya Shinhama won the men's 500-meter race at the ISU speedskating World Cup final on Sunday to clinch his maiden overall title, while compatriot Nao Kodaira claimed her third overall crown and first in three seasons in the women's 500. Shinhama, who also triumphed in ...
Miho Takagi, Tatsuya Shinhama capture first sprint world titles
Miho Takagi and compatriot Tatsuya Shinhama both won their maiden world sprint championships on Saturday. Takagi, last year's women's runner-up, finished the two-day sprint competition with 148.870 points at Hamar Olympic Hall, while defending champion Nao Kodaira took second with 150.150. Russia's Olga Fatkulina was ...
Miho Takagi, Tatsuya Shinhama lead chase for world sprint titles
Miho Takagi won two races to lead the women's sprint standings at the ISU World Sprint and Allround Speed Skating Championships on Friday, while countryman Tatsuya Shinhama also positioned himself atop the men's standings. Takagi won the 500 and 1,000 meter races at Hamar Olympic ...
Japanese speedskaters set national marks in long track competition
Nao Kodaira, Miho Takagi and Tatsuya Shinhama all set national records on the first day of the ISU long track World Cup speed skating finals on Saturday. Kodaira slashed 0.03 second off her own mark when she clocked 36.47 seconds to win the first women's ...
Nao Kodaira claimed the women's overall title for the first time in two years at the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Heereveen on Sunday. Kodaira, who pulled out of the competition before the final event last year due to illness, won the 500-meter ...
Nao Kodaira won her sixth national sprint championship on Sunday, beating Miho Takagi by a narrow margin. Kodaira kept her lead from the previous day by winning the women's 500 meters and placing runner-up in the 1,000 at Meiji Hokkaido Tokachi Oval. She scored a two-day ...
Speedskaters Tatsuya Shinhama, Nao Kodaira post victories at World Cup meet
Tatsuya Shinhama won his second straight men's 500-meter World Cup race on Saturday, while countrywoman Nao Kodaira topped the podium in the women's race to extend her winning streak in the distance to 33 races. A day after winning his maiden title on the World ...
Nao Kodaira claims 32nd consecutive victory in 500-meter races
Nao Kodaira won her 32nd straight women's 500-meter race on Friday, while Tatsuya Shinhama won his first speedskating World Cup competition over the same distance as Japan won three gold medals on Friday. The 22-year-old Shinhama joined a quartet of Pyeongchang Olympic champions on the ...
