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 Nakai leads Olympic women's singles ahead of free skating
Japanese teenager Ami Nakai surges into lead in Milan

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

Teenager leads Japan women's figure skating team that could sweep Olympics podium

Only USA's Alysa Liu broke up Japan's trio of Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto and Mone Chiba, who finished first, second and fourth after the short program.
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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.

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

Olympic Figure Skating Results 2026 Women's Short Program Top Scores, Highlights

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.

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.

Winter Olympics highlights: Silver for US men in team speed skating

Follow today's Winter Olympics medal events, results live. The U.S. men win silver medal in team speed skating, women's figure skating coming up later.