Olympic speed skating champion Nao Kodaira wrapped up a glittering career by winning her eighth straight women’s 500 meters at the national single distance championships in her native Nagano ...

Japan’s former Olympic speed skating champion Nao Kodaira will retire from the sport in October following a final race in her hometown of Nagano, the long track speed skater said on Tuesday. The ...

Another home gold to report as action continues in the speed skating. Nao Kodaira has won it in the women's 1000m competition. It has come in a Japanese 1-2. Miho Takagi lies second in 1:15.31 in ...