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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Miho Takagi -- react after winning the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from R) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from 2nd from R) Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Miho Takagi, -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from 2nd from R) Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Miho Takagi, -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Hana Noake -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa compete en route to finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato wave to the crowd after finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and Momoka Horikawa compete en route to finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

Japan's Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato pose after finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato pose after finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Milwaukee

(from L) Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato of Japan pose after winning silver in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Milwaukee

(from R) Miho Takagi, Momoka Horikawa and Ayano Sato of Japan compete en route to winning silver in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Speed Skating: Team pursuit

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning bronze in the women's team pursuit event at the world single distances speed skating championships in Calgary, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2024.

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Speed Skating: Team pursuit

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Momoka Horikawa and Miho Takagi -- pose for a photo after winning bronze in the women's team pursuit event at the world single distances speed skating championships in Calgary, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Poland

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and Momoka Horikawa -- pose for a photo after winning the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating meet in Tomaszow Mazowiecki in Poland on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Poland

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating meet in Tomaszow Mazowiecki in Poland on Dec. 9, 2023.

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World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Momoka Horikawa and Miho Takagi -- pose for a photo after winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Momoka Horikawa and Miho Takagi -- pose for a photo after winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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Speed Skating: World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from R) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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(SP)NETHERLANDS-HEERENVEEN-WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT

(230304) -- HEERENVEEN, March 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Team of Japan's Sato Ayano, Kikuchi Sumire, Horikawa Momoka (L to R) compete during the women's team pursuit at the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, March 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Speed skating: World championships

Japan's trio of Momoka Horikawa (R), Sumire Kikuchi (C) and Ayano Sato celebrate after getting silver in the women's pursuit at the speed skating world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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Speed skating: World championships

Japan's trio of Momoka Horikawa (C), Sumire Kikuchi (L) and Ayano Sato compete in the women's pursuit en route to collecting silver at the speed skating world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S MASS START-SEMIFINAL (CN)

(220219) -- BEIJING, Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sato Ayano of Japan waves to the audience during the speed skating women's mass start semifinal of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skater Ayano Sato (3) competes in the women's mass start final at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2022, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her elder sister Nana -- attend a ceremony after taking silver in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her elder sister Nana -- attend a ceremony after taking silver in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her elder sister Nana -- attend a ceremony after taking silver in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Takagi Nana, Sato Ayano and Takagi Miho (R to L) of Japan compete during the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Takagi Nana, Takagi Miho and Sato Ayano (R to L) of Japan compete during the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sato Ayano, Takagi Mihi and Takagi Nana (L to R) react during the flower ceremony of the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sato Ayano, Takagi Mihi and Takagi Nana (L to R) react during the flower ceremony of the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Takagi Nana, Sato Ayano and Takagi Miho (R to L ) of Japan compete during the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sato Ayano, Takagi Miho and Takagi Nana (L to R) of Japan compete during the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Takagi Miho, Takagi Nana and Sato Ayano (L to R) of Japan react after the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Takagi Miho, Takagi Nana and Sato Ayano (L to R) of Japan react after the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Takagi Nana, Sato Ayano and Takagi Miho (L to R) compete during the speed skating women's team pursuit finals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SPEED SKATING-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Takagi Miho, Sato Ayano and Takagi Nana of Japan compete during the speed skating women's team pursuit semifinals at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skater Miho Takagi (L) puts her hand on the back of her older sister Nana after they took silver with Ayano Sato in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her elder sister Nana -- attend a ceremony after taking silver in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skater Miho Takagi (L) puts her hand on the back of her older sister Nana after they took silver with Ayano Sato in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her elder sister Nana -- attend a ceremony after taking silver in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her elder sister Nana -- attend a ceremony after taking silver in the women's team pursuit at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. Nana fell on the last bend of the final against Canada.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japan's Nana Takagi (R) falls while skating behind Miho Takagi (L) and Ayano Sato in the women's speed skating team pursuit final against Canada at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japan's Nana Takagi (R) falls while skating behind Miho Takagi (L) and Ayano Sato in the women's speed skating team pursuit final against Canada at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Speed Skating

Japanese speed skaters (from R) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Nana Takagi compete in the women's team pursuit final against Canada at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing.