Nao Kodaira captured the gold medal in the women's 500 meters in Olympic record time at the Gangneung Oval on Sunday night.
The 31-year-old native of Chino, Nagano Prefecture, won in a time of 36.94 seconds.
Korea's Lee Sang-hwa claimed the silver medal in 37.33, while the Czech Republic's Karolina Erbanova took the bronze in 37.34.
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