Smeekens, Kodaira win 500-metre speedskating titles; Canada fourth in pursuit

Nao Kodaira of Japan waves after winning the women’s 500-meter race of the ISU world single distances speed skating championships at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ahn Young-joon PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of – The Canadian men’s pursuit team just missed the podium at the world single distance speedskating championships on Friday, finishing less than one-10th of a second behind third-place Norway.