Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Speed skater Horii officially announces retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Speed skater Manabu Horii, who won a bronze medal in the men's 500-meters in the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, tells reporters at a hotel in Sapporo on April 21 that he will quit the rink.

E

Takeda wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda beats veteran Manabu Horii to win the men's 500-meter title in the speed skating single-distance national championships meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 4. World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu pulled out of the meet because of a lower back injury.

E

Takeda wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda beats veteran Manabu Horii to win the men's 500-meter title in the speed skating single-distance national championships meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 4. World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu pulled out of the meet because of a lower back injury.

E

Japan-Kosovo talks

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (C) shakes hands with Manabu Horii (L), a Japanese parliamentary vice foreign minister, along with Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, in Prishtina, Kosovo, on Feb. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Speed skater Horii officially announces retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Speed skater Manabu Horii, who won a bronze medal in the men's 500-meters in the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, tells reporters at a hotel in Sapporo on April 21 that he will quit the rink.