Japan's Nao Kodaira came second in the women's 500 meters at the speed skating World Cup on Friday, logging 36.81 seconds at the Calgary Olympic Oval for her first sub-37 time over the distance in two seasons.The 35-year-old 2018 Olympic gold medalist started slowly but picked up at the year's fourth and final World Cup meet, and bounced back from finishing sixth and eighth a week ago in Salt Lake City."I was skating trying to grasp something in the first 100, 200 meters," said Kodaira, who is fighting back from a groin issue that troubled her last season."But I managed to cross with a smal…READ FULL ARTICLE
