The head of Team Japan for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games has praised the group. It captured 24 medals -- the country's best-ever tally at any Winter Games.

Three Japanese skaters are in position to earn medals heading into the final

Japan won its first Olympic pairs gold and Georgia earned its first Winter Games medal at Milan Cortina 2026, rewriting figure skating history.

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.

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's Mari Fukada wins gold, and Kokomo Murase took home the bronze.

Japan's Ikuma Horishima botched his landing on his last jump in the men's round of 16 Sunday at the Milan Cortina Olympics, then bounced back up to ski backward over the finish line. And he still won.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara stormed back from fifth place to capture Japan's first Olympic figure skating pairs title on Monday.