Speed skating: Japan wins World Cup women's team pursuit with new world record

Japan won the women's team pursuit event in a new world record time at a speed skating World Cup meet on Saturday.Miho Takagi, her older sister Nana and Ayaka Kikuchi secured victory in 2 minutes, 53.88 seconds, rewriting the record of 2:55.77 that the Takagi sisters and Ayano Sato set in the Netherlands last month.It was Japan's second win in as many meets and extended to five victories a winning streak that started last season.The Japanese team faced the Netherlands (Antoinette de Jong, Marrit Leenstra and Lotte van Beek) in the final pairing and they kept the Dutch women at bay, heading …READ FULL ARTICLE