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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Hana Noake, Ayano Sato and Miho Takagi celebrate on the podium after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Hana Noake, Ayano Sato and Miho Takagi pose on the podium after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Momoka Horikawa pose after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Momoka Horikawa pose after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Hana Noake, Ayano Sato and Miho Takagi step onto the podium during the medal ceremony after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Hana Noake, Ayano Sato and Miho Takagi step onto the podium during the medal ceremony after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato celebrate after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Hana Noake, Ayano Sato and Miho Takagi pose on the podium after winning the women's team pursuit bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayana Sato and Momoka Horikawa compete in a women's team pursuit semifinal match against the Netherlands at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayana Sato and Momoka Horikawa compete in a women's team pursuit semifinal match against the Netherlands at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayana Sato and Momoka Horikawa compete in a women's team pursuit semifinal match against the Netherlands at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026, at Milan Speed Skating Stadium.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Speed skating

Japanese speed skater Momoka Horikawa competes in the women's 3,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 7, 2026.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Ayano Sato and Miho Takagi pose after winning bronze in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato compete en route to winning bronze in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and Momoka Horikawa compete en route to winning bronze in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 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: Four Continents

Japan's Momoka Horikawa (L) competes en route to winning gold in the women's 3,000 meters at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Nov. 16, 2024.

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Speed skating: Four Continents

Japan's Momoka Horikawa celebrates after winning gold in the women's 3,000 meters at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Nov. 16, 2024.

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Speed skating: Four Continents

Japan's Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning gold in the women's 3,000 meters at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Nov. 16, 2024.

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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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Japan vs England FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 03: HORIKAWA Mayuri #4 of the Japan National Team during the last game against England for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on December 03, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Speed skating: World Cup in Obihiro

Momoka Horikawa of Japan competes in the women's 3,000 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Obihiro

(From L) Silver medalist Momoka Horikawa of Japan, gold medalist Ragne Wiklund of Norway and bronze medalist Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong of the Netherlands pose for a photo during the award ceremony for the women's 3000 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 12, 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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Judo: World championships

Japan's Megumi Horikawa (white) is held down on the mat by Mexico's Prisca Awiti Alcaraz during a women's 63-kilogram third-round match at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 10, 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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Speed skating: Horikawa wins mass start in Poland

Momoka Horikawa of Japan (front) competes en route to winning the women's mass start at the speed skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, on Feb. 19, 2023.

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Speed skating: Horikawa wins mass start in Poland

Momoka Horikawa of Japan celebrates after winning the women's mass start at the speed skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, on Feb. 19, 2023.

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Speed skating: Horikawa wins mass start in Poland

Momoka Horikawa (C) of Japan poses for photos during a medal ceremony after winning the women's mass start at the speed skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, on Feb. 19, 2023, alongside silver medalist Valerie Maltais (L) and bronze medalist Ivanie Blondin, both Canadians.

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(SP)POLAND-TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP

(230220) -- TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Horikawa Momoka of Japan celebrates victory in the women's mass start final race at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, Feb. 19, 2023. (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz/Xinhua)

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(SP)POLAND-TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP

(230220) -- TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Horikawa Momoka (C) of Japan, silver medalist Valerie Maltais (L) of Canada and bronze medalist Ivanie Blondin of Canada celebrate during the awarding ceremony of women's mass start at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, Feb. 19, 2023. (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz/Xinhua)

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Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa celebrates after winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

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Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

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Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

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Will mahjong help deter senility? Study underway in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Four elderly people play mahjong at a community center in Saga, Saga Prefecture as part of a medical study to determine whether playing mahjong helps deter senility and promote health among elderly people. The study is conducted by Etsuo Horikawa, professor of cognitive neuropsychology at the Saga University medical school. Twenty men and women, mostly in their early 70s who never played mahjong before in their life, are taking part in the cognitive neropsychology research.

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Horikawa becomes head of U.N. space panel

VIENNA, Austria - Yasushi Horikawa, a technical counselor of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is interviewed in Vienna on June 6, 2012. Horikawa the same day became chairman of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.