Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.
Japan's Mari Fukada wins gold, and Kokomo Murase took home the bronze.
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 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.
The two-times world champions scored a whopping 158.13 points for their spellbinding free program to music from 'Gladiator,' performed by Andrea Bocelli, to earn a combined total of 231.24, setting the bar sky-high for the four teams that skated after them.
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,
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.
While Team Mongolia stole the show early on, Olympic fans are spotting other new and exciting medal-worthy Milano Cortina team uniforms