Speed skating: Momoka Horikawa wins mass start, Takagi 3rd in 1,000m

Japanese speed skater Momoka Horikawa surprised the field -- and herself -- by winning the women's mass start at a World Cup meet for the first time in her career Sunday.Also in the finale of the 2022-23 World Cup tour in the Polish city of Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Japanese compatriot Miho Takagi came in third in the women's 1,000 meters, leaving her atop the season standings for the distance.Takagi, a winner of four medals at last year's Beijing Olympics, including gold in the 1,000, had already claimed her second consecutive season title in the 1,500 meters.The 19-year-old Horikawa followed h…READ FULL ARTICLE