The Olympic Team Event came down to the final skater on Sunday. In front of a packed house inside the Milano Ice Skating arena, the United States narrowly defeated Japan for its second consecutive team gold.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A generation ago, the sight of an Olympic halfpipe podium drenched in red, white and blue was as common as fresh powder on the mountain — a fitting and expected celebration for a sport born and raised in the United States.

Kokomo Murase completed a golden snowboard Big Air Olympic double for Japan on Monday, after Kira Kimura had won the men's competition on the weekend. X Games champion Murase clinched the gold four years after bronze on her final jump with a score a score of 89.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — That ever-growing bench of Japanese snowboarders runs deep. Jumps very high, too. The country that has steadily been asserting mastery over the halfpipe took that show to the Winter Olympics big air contest Saturday night,

How to watch Japanese figure skaters including Yuma Kagiyama, Shuna Sato, Kaori Sakamoto and pairs team Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka won a gripping men's halfpipe final on Friday, shattering Australian snowboard veteran Scotty James's dreams of an elusive gold medal in his fifth Winter Games. Totsuka,

In what turned out to be a shocking finish to the men's free skate finals, USA's Ilia Malinin failed to medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics after falling twice during his routine. Malinin was overcome with emotions after what was a catastrophic routine filled with errors, but took the loss in stride saying he'll use this as a learning opportunity.

Can anyone beat the "Quad God" Ilia Malinin at the Winter Olympics? Japan's Yuma Kagiyama will take his best shot on Tuesday.

Hirano is the reigning gold medalist in the event. He also took back-to-back silvers in 2014 and 2018. He can't be completely counted out of the medal race either. He won the first halfpipe event on the FIS World Cup circuit this season.