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,

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

If you missed it earlier, Team GB's women's curling team claimed victory from the jaws of defeat against the USA to keep alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals. Rebecca Morrison's rink head into another must-win meeting with bottom-of-the-table Japan later on Wednesday (18:05 GMT) before facing second-bottom Italy on Thursday (13:05).

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

Ami Nakai topped the women’s short program Tuesday at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Landing a huge triple Axel, Nakai edged out world champions Alysa Liu and Kaori Sakamoto, while Amber Glenn struggled again on Olympic ice.

In her final Olympic appearance, Japan's Kaori Sakamoto will be facing some stiff competition from her own teammates at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.

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.