4+ hour ago   (358+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy - In landing both backside and frontside 1440s to claim the women's big air gold medal, Kokomo Murase reaped the reward of her focus on physical training in the four years since becoming Japan's youngest Winter Olympic medalist. The 21-year-old,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (130+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy - Kokomo Murase added Olympic gold to her medal collection on Monday in the women's big air final at the Milan Cortina Games. The reigning world champion scored 179.00 points at Livigno Snow Park to win the Olympic title and…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (137+ words) BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Murase wins women's big air gold at Milan Cortina OlympicsRead full story here China OKs several Japan-bound rare earth exports under tightened controls Star Wars, castle sculptures on display at Sapporo Snow Festival Asian Games: Rikako Ikee…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (264+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy - Kokomo Murase led four Japanese in qualifying for the final of the women's snowboard big air event on Sunday at the Milan Cortina Olympics. After winning bronze at the 2022 Olympics to become Japan's youngest Winter Olympic medalist, Murase…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (364+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy - Less than a year after a shock exit at the snowboard world championships, Kira Kimura shot to stardom with Milan Cortina Winter Olympics big air gold, in part thanks to his embrace of baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani's world-beating…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (292+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy - Kira Kimura won the men's snowboarding big air event at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday to earn Japan its first gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games. Kimura scored 179.50 points with a first jump of 89.00 and a third…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (352+ words) MILAN - As snowboarding continues to evolve, outdoor facilities that provide access to safe, year-round training have played a significant role in pushing Japanese big air and halfpipe to new heights. The first such facility in Japan is believed to have…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (196+ words) TOKYO - Japan's Ayumu Hirano, the reigning Olympic gold medalist in the men's snowboard halfpipe, suffered multiple fractures and bruises at a World Cup event in Switzerland on Saturday, the Ski Association of Japan said. The association, however, said Wednesday that…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (218+ words) COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colorado - Ryusei Yamada scored his maiden World Cup win and Yuto Totsuka booked his ticket to a third straight Winter Olympics as Japan grabbed gold and silver in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at Colorado's Copper Mountain on…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (235+ words) ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Reigning Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano punched his ticket to February's Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Friday as he led a Japanese sweep of the men's halfpipe podium at the snowboard World Cup in China. The Beijing 2022 gold medalist took…...