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Japanese speed skater Nao Kodaira

NAGANO, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japanese women's speed skater Nao Kodaira is pictured training at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Oct. 2, 2017. Kodaira is using special "geta" sandals that help strengthen balance.

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Kodaira comes out on top

NAGANO, Japan - Nao Kodaira competes in the women's 500 meters at the Japan sprint championships at M-Wave ice arena in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 29, 2014. Kodaira finished top in the 500 meters and 1,000 meters.

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World sprint speed skating championships

NAGANO, Japan - China's Yu Jing competes in the women's 1,000 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in the city of Nagano on Jan. 19, 2014. Yu placed fourth in the race and won her second overall championship.

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World sprint speed skating championships

NAGANO, Japan - Michel Mulder of the Netherlands competes in the men's 1,000 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in the city of Nagano on Jan. 19, 2014. Mulder placed third in the race and won his second straight overall championship.

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World sprint speed skating championships

NAGANO, Japan - Photo shows (from L) Australia's Daniel Greig, the Netherlands' Michel Mulder and Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima at the award ceremony of the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in the city of Nagano on Jan. 19, 2014, after finishing second, first and third, respectively. Mulder won his second straight overall championship.

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World sprint speed skating championships

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima competes in the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in the city of Nagano on Jan. 19, 2014. Nagashima placed third in the race and finished in 16th place in the combined results over two days of competition.

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15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi smiles after winning the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. She clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds.

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Sugimori clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Teruhiro Sugimori skates to victory as he rewrote his own national record in winning the men's 1,500 in the final qualifying meet for next February's Vancouver Games with a time of 1:47.49 at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. He booked his second straight berth at the Winter Olympics.

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15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi (R) is congratulated by Nao Kodaira after winning the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. Takagi clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds, while Kodaira took second, 0.05 behind.

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15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi skates to victory in the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. She clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds.

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Sugimori clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Teruhiro Sugimori skates to victory as he rewrote his own national record in winning the men's 1,500 in the final qualifying meet for next February's Vancouver Games with a time of 1:47.49 at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. He booked his second straight berth at the Winter Olympics.

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15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi skates to victory in the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. She clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds.

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15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi skates to victory in the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. She clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds.

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15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi smiles after winning the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. She clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds.

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Okazaki secures record 5th Olympic berth

NAGANO, Japan - Veteran speed skater Tomomi Okazaki celebrates after finishing second in the women's 500 meters in a qualifier for next year's Vancouver Olympics at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 28, 2009. Okazaki became the first Japanese female athlete to book a spot in the Olympics for a record fifth time.

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Kodaira defends 1,500-m crown

NAGANO, Japan - Nao Kodaira celebrates after defending her 1,500-meter crown on the final day of the speed skating single-distance national championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Oct. 25, 2009.

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Kodaira gets treble at single-distance nat'ls

NAGANO, Japan - Nao Kodaira defends her 1,500-meter crown in a meet record time to complete a treble on the final day of the speed skating single-distance national championships at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Oct. 25, 2009. Kodaira, who claimed the 500 and the 1,000 titles in the first two days of the three-day meet, clocked 1 minute, 59.34 seconds to beat Maki Tabata by 0.30. Masako Hozumi came in third with 2:00.06.

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Kodaira gets treble at single-distance nat'ls

NAGANO, Japan - Nao Kodaira defends her 1,500-meter crown in a meet record time to complete a treble on the final day of the speed skating single-distance national championships at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Oct. 25, 2009. Kodaira, who claimed the 500 and the 1,000 titles in the first two days of the three-day meet, clocked 1 minute, 59.34 seconds to beat Maki Tabata by 0.30. Masako Hozumi came in third with 2:00.06.

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Kodaira completes double at single-distance nat'ls

NAGANO, Japan - Nao Kodaira skates to win the women's 1,000 meters, completing a sprint double at the speed skating single-distance national championships on Oct. 24, 2009, at M-Wave ice arena in the city of Nagano. Kodaira added to the 500-meter title she won the previous day after clocking 1 minute, 16.79 seconds.

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Kato cruises to 500-m title at single-distance nat'ls

NAGANO, Japan - Joji Kato skates to a new meet record of 34.93 seconds on his first run en route to victory in the men's 500 meters on the opening day of the speed skating single-distance national championships on Oct. 23, 2009, at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture.

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Japan's Kato 3rd for second day in row at Nagano World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - Former world record holder Joji Kato of Japan skates his way to a third-place finish in the men's 500 meters for the second time in as many days at a speed skating World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano Prefecture.

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Speed skating: Nagashima wins 500 meters at Nagano World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima skates to victory in the men's 500 meters at a speed skating World Cup meet at Nagano M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 13, earning his second victory of the season and sixth overall, and setting a new domestic record of 34.81 seconds.

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Yoshii secures double for second straight year

NAGANO, Japan - Sayuri Yoshii defends her women's 1,000-meter crown at the speed skating single-distance championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Oct. 26 after claiming the 500-meter title the previous day. Yoshii clocked a time of 1 minute, 17.52 seconds in the 1,000-meter event.

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Yoshii defends women's 500 national title

NAGANO, Japan - Sayuri Yoshii set a new meet record of 38.25 seconds to successfully defend her women's 500-meter crown at the speed skating national single-distance championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Oct. 25.

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Nagashima wins men's 500 national title

NAGANO, Japan - Keiichiro Nagashima wins both the men's 500 meters races by clocking a total of 1:10.27 at the speed skating national single-distance championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Oct. 25.

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Davis wins 1,000 gold at single-distance worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic champion Shani Davis of the United States wins the men's 1,000-meter gold medal in a rink record time at the world single-distance speed skating championships in Nagano on Saturday. Davis clocked 1 minute, 8.99 seconds to beat Russian runner-up Yevgeny Lalenkov by 0.40 and third-place Denny Morrison of Canada by 0.43 at the M-Wave ice arena.

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Wotherspoon wins 500m gold, Kato takes bronze

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada skates in the men's 500-meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 7. Wotherspoon claimed his third world title with a combined rink record time of 1:09.46.

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Wotherspoon wins 500m gold, Kato takes bronze

NAGANO, Japan - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L), the gold medalist in the men's 500-meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, and Joji Kato of Japan, the bronze medalist, shake hands on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 7.

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Groves wins women's 3,000m race at world speed skating

NAGANO, Japan - Canada's Kristina Groves competes in the women's 3,000-meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 7. Groves clocked 4:05.03 for the gold.

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Yoshii bags 2nd title at single-distance nat'ls

NAGANO, Japan - Sayuri Yoshii cruises to victory in the women's 1,000 meters on the final day of the speed skating national single-distance championships at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Oct. 28.

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(6)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Tatsuya Kambara (L) lights the cauldron with the Special Olympics flame at the Nagano Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26 during the opening ceremony of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, with Olympic medal-winning marathoner Yuko Arimori behind him. (Pool photo)

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(4)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Rina Arakaki, a Japanese team member set to compete in floor hockey at the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, recites the athlete's oath during the opening ceremony of the eight-day event at the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena (M-Wave) on Feb. 26.

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(5)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi declares the opening of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games during the opening ceremony of the eight-day event at the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena (M-Wave) on Feb. 26. (Pool photo)

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(3)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito addresses the opening ceremony of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games at the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26. (Pool photo)

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(2)Special Olympics winter competition kicks off in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Athletes for the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games look at the Special Olympics flame during the opening ceremony of the eight-day international sporting event at the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26.

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(1)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Japanese athletes wave while marching in the opening ceremony of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games at the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26.

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(2)Shimizu victorious at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu responds to audiences after winning his second 500-meter title in as many days in a World Cup meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 5.

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(1)Shimizu victorious at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu speeds to the finish line in the men's 500-meter in a World Cup meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 5. Shimizu won his second title in as many days with a rink record of 34.95 seconds.

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Osuga wins women's 500 meters at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Sayuri Osuga waves at spectators after sharing the top honors with China's Wang Manli in the women's 500 meters at a World Cup meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 5.

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(2)Speed skating: Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada shares the top honors in the men's 500 meters with Japan's world record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu by posting identical times of 35.20 seconds on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4.

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(3)Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu (L) and Canada's Jeremy Wotherspoon chats with each other after sharing the top honors in the men's 500 meters by posting identical times on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4.

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(1)Speed skating: Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu waves at fans after sharing the top honors in the men's 500 meters with Canada's Jeremy Wotherspoon on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4. ''It's nice to win in front of home fans,'' said Shimizu later.

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Wennemars, Timmer win 1st gold at worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Erben Wennemars (L) and Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands take a victory lap carrying the Dutch flag at the M-Wave, the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena, in Nagano on Jan. 18 after they won the men's and women's titles in the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships.

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Marianne Timmer win 1st gold at worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands wins the women's title of the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the M-Wave, the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena, in Nagano on Jan. 18.

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(2)Kato upstages Shimizu at single-distance nationals

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu finished third with a time of 36.07 in the first race of the 500 meters on the opening day of the single-distance speed skating championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 1.

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(1)Kato upstages Shimizu at single-distance nationals

NAGANO, Japan - Future prospect Joji Kato upstaged world record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu to take the first race of the 500 meters on the opening day of the single-distance speed skating championships in Nagano on Nov. 1. Kato carved up M-Wave ice arena to cross the line in 35.76 seconds to take the lead heading into second leg on Nov. 2.

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Osuga wins women's 500 for 1st World Cup victory

NAGANO, Japan - Sayuri Osuga of Japan (C), who won the women's 500 meters in the World Cup speed skating meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 8, smiles on the podium. She is flanked by second-placed Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt of Germany (L) and Wang Manli of China, who was third.

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(2)Wotherspoon wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon (C), the winner of the men's 500 meters in the speed skating World Cup circuit, poses for photographs on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7, flanked by Japan's Hiroyasu Shimizu (L - second place) and Joji Kato (R - third place).

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(2)Shinya edges LeMay-Doan to win women's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Shihomi Shinya (C), who won the women's 500 meters in the speed skating World Cup circuit, smiles on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7, flanked by runner-up Catriona LeMay-Doan (L) of Canada and China's Wang Manli (R - third place).

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(1)Wotherspoon wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon wins the men's 500 meters in 35.19 seconds on the speed skating World Cup circuit at M- Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7.