Olympics: Dutch coach credited with Japan women's speed skating success

Japan's gold medal-winning women's pursuit team on Sunday credited coach Johan de Wit for the country's impressive showing in middle to long distance speed skating events at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.Japan failed to win a single speed skating medal at the Sochi Olympics four years ago, but its fortunes, on the women's side at least, have been transformed by de Wit since the Dutchman was hired by the Japan Skating Federation in 2015.This season, the pursuit team of sisters Miho and Nana Takagi, Ayaka Kikuchi and Ayano Sato broke the world record at a World Cup event in November, and they …READ FULL ARTICLE