MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics pairs figure skating champion is Japan. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara skated flawlessly, despite going into the night ranked fifth after the short program, to outdo ...

Editor's note: Alysa Liu won Olympic gold in women's figure skating. MILAN — Japan has a chance to sweep the women's figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. There was a lot of ...

The Milan Cortina 2026 figure skating pairs event delivered two milestone moments that rewrote Olympic history books, with Japan capturing its first-ever pairs gold medal and Georgia claiming the ...

Team Peterson’s push for a spot in the Olympic medal round took another step in the right direction on Saturday in Italy. Tabitha Peterson and Co. dropped Japan 7-4 in round-robin play, moving the ...

After their long flight back from Italy was delayed by two hours, several of Team Japan’s Olympic medal-winners headed straight to a Tokyo hotel Tuesday for a news conference to mark the return of the ...

Feb 12, 2026; Livigno, Italy; Silver medalist Mikael Kingsbury of Canada, gold medalist Cooper Woods of Australia, and Ikuma Horishima of Japan pose for a photo during the medal cremony for the men's ...

MILAN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Ami Nakai emerged the surprise leader of the Olympic women's figure skating competition on Tuesday, with Kaori Sakamoto in second and Alysa Liu third heading into ...

MILAN — 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 ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the “Blade Angels” from the U.S. to take the lead after the short program in the women’s ...

Japan's Yuto Totsuka won the gold medal in a highly competitive men's halfpipe final. Australian Scotty James took silver, while Japan's Ryusei Yamada earned the bronze. The event showcased a ...