Freestyle skiing

A year and 17,000 kilometers later, a Swiss couple arrived in Pyeongchang this week to watch their son compete in the Winter Olympics. The father and stepmother of Swiss freestyle skier Mischa Gasser left their home in Olten, 70 km west of Zurich, in February ...

After qualifying in top spot for the third and last final of the night, the 20-year-old Hara appeared as if he might take the honor of being Japan's first gold medalist of the games, but came up short as Canada's Mikael Kingsbury and Australian ...

Freestyle skier Nobuyuki Nishi revealed Friday that he has apologized for wearing a hat with a design resembling a controversial Japanese wartime flag at the Pyeongchang Olympic athletes' village. Speaking to reporters after finishing the first round of men's moguls qualifying in 16th place, Nishi ...

Ikuma Horishima led a strong showing by the Japanese team during the first qualifying session for the men's moguls final at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Horishima qualified in fifth with a score of 80.35. Compatriot Daichi Hara was sixth with 80.01. Sho Endo finished in ...

When freestyle skier Aiko Uemura banged out the fastest time on her third and last run in the women's moguls final, the tears that welled up behind her goggles told a story of what she had hoped would be her crowning glory. What four years ...

Freestyle skier Aiko Uemura suffered more heartbreak on Saturday as she finished fourth for the second Olympics in a row in the women's moguls at the Sochi Games. The 34-year-old, who finished fourth in Vancouver four years ago after placing seventh, sixth and fifth in ...

Freestyle skier Aiko Uemura, who advanced through the qualifying round in moguls on Thursday to make Saturday's finals, is cherishing what will likely be her final shot at Olympic glory. The 34-year-old Uemura, who is competing in her fifth consecutive Olympics, finished seventh in the ...

Aiko Uemura took part in official practice on Wednesday a day ahead of moguls qualifying in what is her fifth Olympic Games. "I was able to get some good preparation done," said the 2007-2008 World Cup moguls champion, after getting a feel for the Sochi ...