Features
Cooped up at home during the pandemic, Carla Grissom became enamored with Hanyu’s skating style and personality while watching videos online.
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Figure Skating
“How much better and stronger can I become from now on? I want to be stronger in terms of expression, technique and physical strength.”
Figure Skating
“I have already won everything I want to win,” the two time Olympic champion said. “I don’t like the word ‘retire,’ so I don’t...
Features
In his sublime performance to “Bolero,” Uno finally broke out on the world stage with his first victory in a major senior competition.
Features
The Japanese skaters credit their recent success to a deep friendship that drives them both on and off the ice.
Judo
After a splendid Beijing Olympics, for future athletes the sports world must tackle the problems plaguing it such as inexplicable scoring and uniform violations,...
Features
After collecting five medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics, the Japan delegation captain puts herself on course to replicate that sterling achievement on...
Features
“Hanyu showed us that he is not just a skater. He is a legend. What he tried to do was not just for himself,...
Features
Twenty years after leaving the Salt Lake City Games without a single figure skating medal, Japan captured half of the singles medals in Beijing...
Olympics and Paralympics
Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports.
Figure Skating
Will he take it to the world championships? Despite an ankle injury, Hanyu gave an inspired performance in the second half of the Beijing...
Olympics and Paralympics
Hannes Bjorninen scored 31 seconds into the third period to lift Finland past Russia.
Podcasts
The 15-day tournament offered sumo fans plenty of memorable moments. Veteran sports reporter Armstrong joins the podcast for a wrapup of the event.
Sumo
Raising the quality of the matches will benefit the commercial value of sumo. The sport's attractiveness in turn can lead to the revitalization of...
Sumo
The 37-year-old Mongolian grappler defeated Takayasu to become the oldest championship winner in the modern era.
