Speed skating: Miho Takagi takes 1,000 silver behind Leerdam at World Cup

Japan's Miho Takagi claimed silver in the women's 1,000 meters at the speed skating World Cup on Friday, placing behind her Dutch rival Jutta Leerdam.The Beijing Winter Games gold medalist was provisionally first after clocking 1 minute, 13.92 seconds in Heerenveen in the Netherlands, but Olympic runner-up Leerdam bettered her by 0.15 in the very next pairing to claim top spot.Leerdam secured her second straight World Cup title over the distance after also winning Sunday in Stavanger, Norway, with Takagi coming third."It's fun to have someone you can compete with," said Takagi, who has been…READ FULL ARTICLE