Japan’s Ami Nakai leads Olympic skating

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Japan’s Ami Nakai surges into Olympic lead after short program as US struggles at the Winter Games
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,

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Japan's Nakai leads Olympic women's singles ahead of free skating
Japan's Ami Nakai surges to Olympic lead after short program

Teenager leads Japan women's figure skating team that could sweep Olympics podium

Only USA's Alysa Liu broke up Japan's trio of Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto and Mone Chiba, who finished first, second and fourth after the short program.

Japan hails 'new chapter'

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Japan wins pairs skating gold at Milan Winter Olympics
Most of the pairs in the competition struggled with mistakes—until Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took to the ice and drew the only standing ovation of the evening.

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17-Year-Old Lands Triple Axel in Historic Olympic Figure Skating Moment

Only a few women in Olympic history have landed a triple axel at the Games. A 17-year-old girl just joined the historic list.

Olympic Figure Skating Results 2026 Women's Short Program Top Scores, Highlights

In her final Olympic appearance, Japan's Kaori Sakamoto will be facing some stiff competition from her own teammates at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.
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2026 Winter Olympics: Japan’s Nakai, Sakamoto lead skating; Germany sweeps bobsled

Japan’s Ami Nakai led the women’s figure skating event after the Olympic short program on Tuesday, landing a triple axel to score 78.71 points ahead of teammate Kaori Sakamoto, with American Alysa

USA figure skating in danger of extending Olympic medal drought in short program after brutal day

The Blade Angels will have a hard time reaching heaven.

Olympic Pairs Figure Skating Results: Hase And Volodin Lead In Tight Race For Gold

Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in Milano-Cortina, topping a tightly contested field ahead of Monday’s free skate.