Japan curlers advance to semis despite loss to Swiss
Japan advanced to the Beijing Winter Olympic women's curling semifinals Thursday despite losing 8-4 to Switzerland in its last preliminary round game.
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‘Team Riku-Ryu’ hoping to reach rarefied air for Japan in Olympic pairs competition
"Miura and Kihara, the true stars of pairs skating this season," tweeted Meagan Duhamel, who helped Canada win gold in the team event in 2018.
Miho Takagi wins women’s 1,000 in record time to collect fourth medal of Beijing Olympics
Takagi finally won gold after earning three silver medals at the 2022 Winter Games.
Defending champion Frontale primed for another title run as challenges mount
Dynastic Kawasaki Frontale start the J. League campaign as the favorites, but the road to another title will not be easy.
Japan and U.S. teams may receive torches instead of medals while Kamila Valieva’s doping case remains open
The torches are seen as placeholder gifts for the figure skaters who will leave the Olympics without their medals.
Adam Rippon calls Kamila Valieva ruling ‘slap in the face’ to clean athletes
"This situation is super unfortunate and it's also unprecedented that someone with a failed doping test is allowed to compete in the Games," Rippon said.
China’s gamble on a new Olympic strategy pays off in gold medals
China’s most successful Winter Olympics team ever is a motley lineup that includes the son of hockey legend Chris Chelios, a former child actor and ...
Japan holds off U.S. to move closer to semifinal berth
A win in its remaining preliminary round game against tournament-leader Switzerland will guarantee Japan a place in the knockout phase, which begins Friday.
The Olympians caught up in the U.S.-China rivalry
American athletes of Chinese descent at the Games are targets of patriotic and even nationalistic sentiment from both countries: sometimes adoring, sometimes hostile.
Day 12 recap: Russian teenager Kamila Valieva set to go for second Beijing Olympic title amid doping scandal
No medal ceremony will be held if Valieva — the pre-Games favorite for gold — finishes in the top three.