Nao Kodaira of Japan powers her way to winning the gold medal and setting a new Olympic record of women's 500m speed skating with a time of 36.94 seconds during the finals of the women's 500m speed skating at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea, during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on February 18, 2018. Photo by Andrew Wong/UPI