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,

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

How to watch Japanese figure skaters including Yuma Kagiyama, Shuna Sato, Kaori Sakamoto and pairs team Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara at the 2026 Winter Olympics

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

Alysa Liu had completed her comeback to take gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics. For the first time since Sarah Hughes in 2002 and the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, an American had won gold in women’s figure skating. Sakamoto took silver, with Nakai taking bronze:

Alysa Liu had an epic (and NSFW) reaction after gold-medal performance at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

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

Although it was not gold like they had hoped going into Monday's pairs figure skating final at the Winter Olympic Games, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava made history for the country they represent. For the first time in history, Georgia has a medal at the Winter Olympics.