Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara delivered a thrilling comeback at the Milano Cortina Games, storming back from fifth place after a shaky short program to capture Japan's first Olympic figure skating pairs title on Monday.
With 26 Olympic gold medals to date, short track speed skating has traditionally been Korea’s strongest Winter Olympic event. But at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the top prize has proved elusive.
Korean short track skater Kim Gil-li won bronze in the 1,000 meters final, claiming Korea's first women’s short track medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday.
While three-time Olympian and figure skater Cha Jun-hwan has allowed himself to become a spectator for now in Milan, he is resisting observers' attempts to frame these games as his last.
Four years ago, Kim Min-sun left the Olympic ice in Beijing in tears. On Sunday, she did not cry, but her disappointment was still palpable.
Deanna Stellato-Dudek's long road to the Olympics culminated in Milan on Sunday, and the Canadian told reporters she was proud to be the oldest person to compete in figure skating at a Games in nearly a century.
The women's singles figure skating competition will begin for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Tuesday, with a pair of Korean skaters set to take the ice.
Speed skating sprinter Lee Na-hyun is leaving her first Winter Olympics feeling good about her medal prospects at the next competition in the French Alps in 2030.
The scoreboard at Milan's speed skating stadium didn't show the result Kim Min-sun was aiming for, but the 26-year-old is already brushing herself off and aiming for the next Olympics.
President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday congratulated short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon on his silver medal win at the men's 1,500 meters at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
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