Speedskating
Miho Takagi, Japan's most decorated Winter Olympian with 10 medals, announced on Wednesday that she will retire from competition at the end of the season. The 31-year-old speedskater described the World Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, starting Thursday, as "a turning point of my skating life" on Instagram.
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Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands claimed gold in the women's 1,500-meter speedskating at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, beating Norway's Ragne Wiklund by a mere 0.06 seconds for her first Olympic gold. Japan's Miho Takagi finished seventh after fading in the final lap.