Former Four Continents champion Daisuke Takahashi booked a ticket to his second Olympics as he won the men's title at the Japanese national figure skating championships Saturday.

Shani Davis claimed his second title in three days, winning the 1,000 meters in the final long-track speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics.

American Shani Davis and Germany's Jenny Wolf lowered their own world records in the final speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics on Friday.

American star Shani Davis set the track record in winning the men's 1,000 meters on Sunday at the World Cup, while Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt won a pair of gold medals and helped set a world record.

World figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na is looking ahead with a fresh frame of mind to the Winter Olympics after her flawless image was tarnished at the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo at the weekend.

Chad Hedrick edged U.S. teammate Shani Davis to win the men's 1,500 meters at a World Cup long-track speedskating event on Friday.

World silver medalist Joannie Rochette claimed her second straight Skate Canada women's title Saturday and booked her ticket to figure skating's Grand Prix Final in Tokyo in December.

U.S. and Grand Prix Final champion Jeremy Abbott, the overnight men's leader, held on to win gold on Saturday at Skate Canada International.

South Korea's Kim Yu-na set a world record for a short program at Skate America, breaking her own mark with 76.28 points on Saturday.

Shani Davis of the United States shattered the course record in winning the 1,000-meter race at the season-opening speedskating World Cup on Friday.