Japan won the women's team pursuit event at the speed skating World Cup on Friday, setting a world record by 0.02 second.Miho Takagi, her older sister Nana, and Ayano Sato breezed to victory with a time of 2 minutes, 55.77 seconds, breaking Canada's 2009 record that was set at altitude in Calgary, Canada.The Netherlands (2:59.06) finished runner-up and Canada (3:00.65) won the bronze medal at the meet, which is also a qualification competition for next February's Pyeongchang Olympics.Miho Takagi, who began the race by opening up a lead against the Netherlands, said she sees each individual …READ FULL ARTICLE
