Takagi wins milestone 10th Olympic medal as Japan takes bronze in team pursuit

Japan took bronze in the women’s team pursuit on Tuesday at the Milano Cortina Olympics, giving team leader Miho Takagi a milestone 10th Olympic medal.

Takagi, Ayano Sato and Hana Noake sped past the U.S. team in the bronze-medal match to take the last podium position. In the gold-medal skate, Canada prevailed over the Netherlands.

Skating for bronze, Japan led from start to finish over the U.S., finishing in a cool 2 minutes and 58.50 seconds, a full 3.5 seconds adrift of the U.S.