Japan’s Ami Nakai Surges Into Olympic Lead

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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,

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Japan’s Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto Upstage U.S. 'Blade Angels' At Winter Olympics
Japanese Teen Nakai Leads Sakamoto After Olympic Women's Short Programme

Japan's Nakai leads Olympic women's singles

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Japan Leads in a Tight Race for the Women's Figure Skating Podium
Three Japanese skaters are in position to earn medals heading into the final

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Japan's Nakai leads Olympic women's singles ahead of free skating
Teenager leads Japan women's figure skating team that could sweep Olympics podium
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Japan Takes Home Two More Olympic Medals In Women's Slopestyle Finals

Japan's Mari Fukada wins gold, and Kokomo Murase took home the bronze.

Winter Olympics: Watch Canada v Czech Republic in men's ice hockey quarter-finals

Team GB men will reach curling semis if Italy or Norway lose on Thursday morning; women face Japan at 18:05 GMT and look to keep last-four hopes alive Mari Fukada wins gold for Japan in women's snowboard slopestyle;
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Japan sets new Winter Olympic medal record with 19

Japan has set a new record for the most medals in its history by winning its 19th medal at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, surpassing its previous best of 18 medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Japan, Olympic and Ryuichi Kihara

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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.

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Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win Japan’s first Olympic pairs gold with a world-record free skate
Japanese skating duo Kihara and Miura skate through tears to claim Olympic pairs gold
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Olympic women's curling standings: Updated results, schedule for 2026 Winter Games

Here is an updated look at the standings, results and schedule for women's curling at the 2026 Winter Games.

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.

Olympic Pairs Figure Skating Results: Hase And Volodin Lead In Tight Race For Gold

Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in Milano-Cortina, topping a tightly contested field ahead of Monday’s free skate.