Japan's Nao Kodaira won the women's 500 meters at the speed skating World Cup in Canada on Saturday, a day after prevailing in the 1,000 for the first time since November 2018.Kodaira clocked 36.65 seconds at the Olympic Oval in Calgary for her 27th victory in a World Cup event and 32nd including 1,000-meter races. Her compatriots Arisa Go and Maki Tsuji finished sixth and seventh, respectively."Times are getting lower on these high-speed rinks, so I'm adjusting," said Kodaira, who owns the 36.39 track record. "If I can fuse with the ice more on the second curve, I'll get faster."The 33-yea…READ FULL ARTICLE
