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Paralympics: Japan women make milestone debuts in ice hockey, snowboard
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (14+ words) Paralympics: Japan women make milestone debuts in ice hockey, snowboard'Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS...
Figure skating: Shimada wins record 4th straight junior world championships
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (169+ words) TALLINN - Japan's Mao Shimada won her fourth straight figure skating junior world championships on Saturday, becoming the first skater to achieve the feat across all the disciplines at the tournament. The 17-year-old was top after the short program on Thursday…...
Figure skating: Rio Nakata wins 2nd straight junior worlds with record score
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (139+ words) TALLINN - Japan's Rio Nakata won back-to-back figure skating junior world championships on Friday, becoming the first male skater from the country to achieve the feat. The 17-year-old scored a junior worlds' record total of 268.47 points in Tallinn after logging 178.96 in…...
Olympics: Liu wins women's figure skating gold for U.S., denying Sakamoto
2+ week, 3+ day ago (177+ words) MILAN - American Alysa Liu spoiled Japan's women's figure skating party by winning the Milan Cortina Olympic Games gold on Thursday, beating silver medalist Kaori Sakamoto and bronze winner Ami Nakai. Both the Japanese medalists made errors on triple toe loop…...
Olympics: 1956 Cortina medalist Igaya, ex-Italy skater meet after 70 years
2+ week, 4+ day ago (303+ words) CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - Chiharu Igaya, Japan's silver medalist in the men's slalom at the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics, met on Tuesday for the first time in 70 years with then Italy figure skater Manuela Angeli. Igaya, 94, and Angeli, 86, enjoyed an hourlong conversation…...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Miura, Kihara win Olympic figure skating pairs gold
2+ week, 6+ day ago (15+ words) BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Miura, Kihara win Olympic figure skating pairs gold'Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS...
Olympics: Takagi wins second speed skating bronze of Milan Cortina Games
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (258+ words) MILAN - Japanese speed skater Miho Takagi won her second bronze medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday when she finished third in the women's 500 meters. Dutchwoman Femke Kok took gold in an Olympic record 36.49 seconds, with her compatriot and…...
Olympics: Japan's Kagiyama second in men's figure skating short program
3+ week, 5+ day ago (351+ words) MILAN - Japan's Beijing Games silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama made a solid start in his bid for men's figure skating gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Tuesday but has work to do if he is to upset heavy favorite…...
Olympics: Japan wins figure skating team silver, edged by U.S. in final
1+ mon, 11+ hour ago (299+ words) MILAN - Japan won a silver medal in the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday, beaten by the defending champion United States. Level on 59 team points heading into the men's free skate at Milano Ice…...
Olympics: Japan pursues U.S. in figure skating team final as Kagiyama stars
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (298+ words) MILAN - Japan began the figure skating team event final in second at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday after its qualifying round concluded with a crowd-pleasing men's short program battle between Yuma Kagiyama and American games debutant Ilia Malinin....