The head of Team Japan for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games has praised the group. It captured 24 medals -- the country's best-ever tally at any Winter Games.

Japan's Ami Nakai topped the figure skating women's singles competition at the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics after the short program on Tuesday. Nakai had a score of 78.

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.

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.

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

Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men’s slopestyle final

Japan has set a new record for the most medals in its history by winning its 19th medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, surpassing the previous record of 18 medals set at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.