Japan won gold in the women's mass start speedskating at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Saturday, thanks to Nana Takagi's superb late sprint to finish ahead of South Korea's Kim Bo-Reum and Irene Schouten of the Netherlands, who had to settle for silver and bronze, respectively.
Meanwhile, Estonia's Saskia Alusalu won all three intermediate sprints to lock up a top-four finish.
Takagi finished on 60 points, 20 ahead of Kim and 40 better than Schouten, per the Games' official website. Her late run for gold capped a terrific race for an event making its mass start debut at the Olympics.