Speed skating: Kodaira wins 1,000 at World Cup, 2nd in 500

Japan's Nao Kodaira won the women's 1,000 meters at the speed skating World Cup in Calgary on Saturday, clocking 1 minute, 12.51 seconds to finish 0.03 second ahead of American Brittany Bowe.Russia's Olga Fatkulina rounded out the podium at Calgary Olympic Oval in 1:13.15, while Pyeongchang Olympic bronze medalist Miho Takagi sat out the race.Kodaira has now won six World Cup 1,000 titles. Combined with her 500-meter victories, she has 34 World Cup wins in total, tying with 1998 Nagano Olympic gold medalist Hiroyasu Shimizu for the most by a Japanese skater."I was able to move well on the i…READ FULL ARTICLE