Japan's total of 24 medals was six higher than the previous record set at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

Three Japanese skaters are in position to earn medals heading into the final

There’s a familiar script that seems to play out almost every four years at the Winter Olympics. The host nation rides a wave of national pride, packed home venues, and federation funding into a medal surge that feels almost

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Gold medalist Alysa Liu of the United States and silver medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan celebrate during the medal ceremony in the women’s free skate during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 19, 2026.

The out athletes part of Team LGBTQ won more gold medals, and more total Winter Olympics medals, than ever in Milan and Cortina. The post Team LGBTQ won as many gold medals as Canada, China and Japan at the Winter Olympics appeared first on Outsports.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Su Yiming sat in the snow at the bottom of the snowboarding course, tears rolling down his cheeks. So close to winning China its first gold at the Milan Cortina Games, he still had a long wait to endure.

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

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.