Getting a morale boost from Yuzuru Hanyu’s dominance of men’s figure skating, Nao Kodaira found the will to skate to an Olympic record time of 36.94, …
Month: February 2018
Japan’s women’s squad suffers second loss in curling tourney
The sixth-ranked Japanese women’s curling team suffered its second loss of round-robin play Monday after an 8-3 defeat to Canada in the preliminary round at …
Japan moves into women’s speedskating team pursuit semis
World record-holding gold-medal favorite Japan advanced to the semifinals of the women’s team pursuit at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Monday.Miho Takagi, who won individual …
Norway’s Havard Lorentzen takes men’s 500-meter gold; Daichi Yamanaka finishes fifth
Japan’s men’s 500-meter speedskaters were left wanting Monday, Daichi Yamanaka only managing fifth as Norway’s Havard Lorentzen won gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.Lorentzen, a …
Who to watch on Tuesday, Day 12 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics
9:05 a.m. Curling, men’s preliminary round: World No. 8 Japan plays top-ranked Canada and ninth-place Denmark. The men’s national team has made its first Olympic …
Japan rallies past Sweden to improve semifinal chances
Japan strengthened its chances of a semifinal berth in women’s curling at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a gutsy 5-4 comeback win over Sweden on …
