Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Men Finish Fifth in Team Ski Jumping Final Gold medalist Austria saves its best for last in the final round, with Slovenia and Germany placing second and third, respectively. SportsLookFebruary 15, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics American Erin Jackson Wins Speed Skating Gold in Women’s 500; Miho Takagi Takes Silver Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Olympic champion, trailed by a wide margin for large stretches of her race and finished 17th. Ed OdevenFebruary 14, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Marco Odermatt Bags Gold in Men’s Giant Slalom “I really risked everything in the second run because I wanted not just the medal, I wanted the gold medal,” the Swiss champion said. SportsLookFebruary 13, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Ryoyu Kobayashi Barely Misses Golden Double in Ski Jumping The 25-year-old becomes only the second Japanese to medal on both hills at the same Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1998 in Nagano. SportsLookFebruary 13, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics Wataru Morishige Captures Men’s 500 Bronze; Japan Breaks Record in Women’s Team Pursuit Morishige finishes 0.17 seconds off the pace in his first Olympic race, while Japan exhibits top-notch form in the women’s quarterfinals. Ed OdevenFebruary 12, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Curling Squad Slides to Victory Against Canada in Qualifying Round Skip Satsuki Fujisawa’s 97% accuracy in the draw was instrumental in the team’s result. SportsLookFebruary 12, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics SNOWBOARD | Ayumu Hirano Captures Gold in Men’s Halfpipe After consecutive runner-up finishes in Sochi and Pyeongchang, the 23-year-old collects the top Olympic prize in Beijing. Ed OdevenFebruary 11, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Netherlands’ Irene Schouten Wins with Speed Skating Record in Women’s 5,000 Misaki Oshigiri and Momoka Horikawa, Japan’s two skaters in the event, set personal-best times. SportsLookFebruary 11, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics Sena Tomita Collects Bronze in Women’s Halfpipe American snowboarder Chloe Kim defended her Olympic title with a top score of 94.00 points on her first run, while Tomita became the first... Ed OdevenFebruary 10, 2022
Features [ODDS and EVENS] Youth and Determination Propel Asa Ando to Improve as an Elite Alpine Skier Disappointment is a powerful motivational tool for an athlete that the 25-year-old Ando can use to improve her performance as she aims to put... Ed OdevenFebruary 10, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Akito Watabe Comes Up Short in First Nordic Combined Event at Beijing Games The Pyeongchang silver medalist could never recover from a sub-par jump on the normal hill. SportsLookFebruary 9, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Smile Japan Triumphs Over Czechs in Penalty Shootout, Wins Group B Hanae Kubo scored the dramatic winning goal in Japan’s final match of the ice hockey tournament's preliminary round. Ed OdevenFebruary 9, 2022