Speed skating: Kodaira, Takagi headline Pyeongchang Olympic team

Nao Kodaira and Miho Takagi were among the 16 skaters named to the Winter Olympic team by the Japan Skating Federation Saturday, after the final races of Japan's qualifying meet.The 31-year-old Kodaira, the reigning World Cup women's 500-meters champ and the 1,000 world record holder, will be looking for gold in those races at February's Pyeongchang games. Takagi, 23, will race in the 1,000, 1,500 and 3,000. She will join her older sister Nana in the women's team pursuit."I am aiming for gold in the team pursuit, and to do better in the individual events than I have done up to this point," …READ FULL ARTICLE