Olympics & Paralympics
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Pair skaters Miura, Kihara finish Japan-best 7th
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who were eighth after the pairs short program at the Beijing Games, e...
February 20, 2022
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Japan’s Takagi falls in mass start speed skating semis, fails to defend title
Defending Olympic champion Nana Takagi tumbled out of the women’s mass start speed skating semifinal...
February 20, 2022
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Britain wins Olympic women’s curling gold 10-3 over Japan
BEIJING (AP) — Eve Muirhead led Britain to the Olympic women’s curling gold medal — the first for th...
February 20, 2022
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Britain set up gold medal clash with Japan in women’s curling event
BEIJING (Reuters) — Britain edged 2018 Olympic champions Sweden 12-11 in an extra end in a tense sho...
February 19, 2022
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Takagi emptied the tank in golden 7th race
BEIJING — After finally reaching the top of the medal podium in her seventh race of the Beijing Win...
February 18, 2022
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Japanese speed skater Takagi: Couldn’t have done it alone
“It was good that I could keep going until the end,” speed skater Miho Takagi told reporters on Fri...
February 18, 2022
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Bronze-winner Sakamoto credits hard work
BEIJING — Kaori Sakamoto claimed the bronze medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Olympics...
February 18, 2022
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Japan claims 1st Nordic combined team medal since 1994
As Ryota Yamamoto crossed the finish line, he thrust his arms into air before skiing into the waiti...
February 18, 2022
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Shcherbakova wins figure skating gold as Valieva collapses
BEIJING (AP) — A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on T...
February 18, 2022
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Sakamoto takes bronze medal in women’s figure skating
BEIJING — Kaori Sakamoto came from behind to take home the bronze medal in women’s figure skating at...
February 17, 2022
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Japan takes bronze in team Nordic combined
Japan took the bronze medal in the team Nordic combined event at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday. T...
February 17, 2022
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Miho Takagi takes gold in women’s 1,000 meters
BEIJING — Speed skater Miho Takagi won the gold medal in the women’s 1,000 meters at the Beijing Oly...
February 17, 2022
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Curling-specific tiebreak rule helps Japan make semis
BEIJING — Japan’s women curlers finished their round-robin matches with a 5-4 record, the same as tw...
February 17, 2022
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Japan curlers lose to Switzerland but make semis
The women leading Japan’s curling team put up a solid effort against world No. 2 Switzerland, but to...
February 17, 2022
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Longtime Japan coach returns from China stint to lead Para Alpine team
Japan’s Para Alpine skiing team is looking to make its mark at the Beijing Paralympics with its form...
February 17, 2022
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