GANGNEUNG -- Speed skater Takuro Oda finished fifth in the men's 1,500 meters on Tuesday, securing Japan's first top-8 finish since the 1998 Nagano Games, where Hiroyuki Noake came in seventh and Toru Aoyanagi was eighth.
Oda clocked a time of 1 minute 45.44 seconds. Shane Williamson was 10th in 1:46.21, and Shota Nakamura was 24th in 1:47.38.
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