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Japan leads in a tight race for the women's figure skating podium
The race for the podium in the women’s event is a tight one, with a crowded field including U.S. and Japanese skaters, as well as dark horse Adeliia Petrosian from Russia, who is competing as a neutral athlete after Russia was barred from competing as a country following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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Japan's Nakai leads Olympic women's singles ahead of free skating

Japan’s Ami Nakai surges into Olympic lead after short program as US struggles at the Winter Games

MILAN (AP) — Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the “Blade Angels” on Tuesday night. Nakai rode her opening triple axel to a career-best 78.71 points in her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics,

Snowboarder Su Yiming delivers China's 1st gold of Winter Olympics while Japan grabs more medals

Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.

Japan hails 'new chapter' with first Olympic pairs skating gold

Japan hailed a "new chapter" in the country's figure skating on Tuesday after Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled off a stunning comeback to claim pairs gold at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.It was the first time Japan had won an Olympic figure skating pairs medal of any colour.
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Japan's 19 medals set Winter Olympic record

Japan has set a new record for the most medals in its Winter Olympic history by securing its 19th medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, surpassing the previous mark of 18 medals achieved at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win Japan’s first Olympic pairs gold with a world-record free skate

MILAN (AP) — Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the wayside when the Japanese skaters made an uncharacteristic slip-up during their short program at the Milan Cortina Games.

Japan Wins Pairs Skating Gold at Milan Winter Olympics

Most of the pairs in the competition struggled with mistakes—until Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took to the ice and drew the only standing ovation of the evening.

Olympics Announces Historic Moments for Japan, Georgia Amid Winter Games

Japan won its first Olympic pairs gold and Georgia earned its first Winter Games medal at Milan Cortina 2026, rewriting figure skating history.

Japan's surge on the Olympic halfpipe leaves the US with some catching up to do

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A generation ago, the sight of an Olympic halfpipe podium drenched in red, white and blue was as common as fresh powder on the mountain — a fitting and expected celebration for a sport born and raised in the United States.

History Makers - Miura and Kihara skate to Japan's first ever Olympic pairs title at Winter Olympics

Miura and Kihara set world record with 158.13 points in free programme; Georgia's Metelkina and Berulava win silver, Germany's Fabienne Hase and Volodin take bronze.