Japan's Sakai races in women's 1,000m short track heat

Japan's Sakai races in women's 1,000m short track heat

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese short track speed skater Yui Sakai competes in a heat in the women's 1,000-meter competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Sakai advanced to the quarterfinals.

Japan's Sakai races in women's 1,000m short track heat

Japan's Sakai races in women's 1,000m short track heat

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese short track speed skater Yui Sakai competes in a heat in the women's 1,000-meter competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Sakai advanced to the quarterfinals.

Japan's Sakai races in women's 1,000m short track heat

Japan's Sakai races in women's 1,000m short track heat

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese short track speed skater Yui Sakai starts her race in a heat in the women's 1,000-meter competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Sakai advanced to the quarterfinals.

World Sprint Champs

World Sprint Champs

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Photo shows Michel Mulder of the Netherlands, who won the men's competition, which combines the results of two 500 and 1,000 races, with a world record 136.790 points at the World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 27, 2013.

World Sprint Champs

World Sprint Champs

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Photo shows American Heather Richardson, who won the women's competition, which combines the results of two 500 and 1,000 races, with a world record of 148.015 points at the World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 27, 2013.

Fifteen-year-old Takagi wins in women's 1,000-M in Asian races

Fifteen-year-old Takagi wins in women's 1,000-M in Asian races

OBIHIRO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi, who has won a ticket for February's Vancouver Olympic Games, smiles after winning the women's 1,000 meters in 1 minute, 17.87 seconds at the Asian Single Distances Speed Skating Competitions 2010 in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 10, 2010. Takagi is the first junior high school student in Japanese speed skating history to win a ticket to a Winter Games.

Fifteen-year-old Takagi wins in women's 1,000-M in Asian races

Fifteen-year-old Takagi wins in women's 1,000-M in Asian races

OBIHIRO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi, who has won a ticket for February's Vancouver Olympic Games, skates to victory in women's 1,000 meters in 1 minute, 17.87 seconds at the Asian Single Distances Speed Skating Competitions 2010 in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 10, 2010. Takagi is the first junior high school student in Japanese speed skating history to win a ticket to a Winter Games.

Fifteen-year-old Takagi wins in women's 1,000-M in Asian races

Fifteen-year-old Takagi wins in women's 1,000-M in Asian races

OBIHIRO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi, who has won a ticket for February's Vancouver Olympic Games, shows off her gold medal after winning the women's 1,000 meters in 1 minute, 17.87 seconds at the Asian Single Distances Speed Skating Competitions 2010 in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 10, 2010. Takagi is the first junior high school student in Japanese speed skating history to win a ticket to a Winter Games.

U.S. speed skater Shani Davis

U.S. speed skater Shani Davis

TOKYO, Japan - This December 2009 file photo shows Shani Davis of the United States skating at a World Cup competition in Canada. The Turin Olympics gold medalist, who has won most 1,000-meter and 1,500-meter World Cup races in the season, will skate in all five men's individual events at the Vancouver Olympics.

Teshigawara sweeps all 4 races at short track invitational

Teshigawara sweeps all 4 races at short track invitational

TOKYO, Japan - Ikue Teshigawara (L) wins the women's 1,000 meters Nov. 10 at Tokyo's Edogawa Sportsland rink, sweeping all four races at the national short track speed skating invitational championships to claim her fifth overall title. After winning the 500- and 1,500-meter races on Nov. 9, Teshigawara completed the set with victories in the 1,000 and 3,000 finals.