The friendship between speed skaters Lee Sang-hwa of Korea and her archrival, Nao Kodaira of Japan, touched many spectators' hearts in the women's 500-m race on Sunday.

Kodaira took the gold medal to dash Lee's hopes of winning her third straight Olympic title in the discipline. Lee took the silver medal in what may be the last Olympics in her career.

When Lee broke into tears after finishing the race, Kodaira embraced her saying "good job" in Korean. The two then waved at their fans together, taking a turn around the rink hand in hand.