Speed skater Okazaki hoping to rebound from Turin heartache

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Speed skater Tomomi Okazaki speaks about her hopes for the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at a news conference in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2010. Okazaki, 38, has been picked as Japan's flag bearer and will be making her fifth Winter Olympic appearance.

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