Speed skating: Japan wins women's team pursuit at World Cup in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - 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.The country's trio of skaters, sisters Miho and Nana Takagi, and Ayano Sato, crossed the line in 2:56.37 at the M-Wave ice arena to beat Canada by 1.44 seconds. Russia clocked 3:02.39 for bronze."We set a rink record and won the gold medal. To finish with those kinds of results is thoroughly satisfying," said Sato, who had been in poor form and was competing for the first time this season alongside her fellow 2018 Olympic cham…READ FULL ARTICLE