Ayana Onozuka claimed her spot in the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, finishing fifth in the qualification round on Monday. Onozuka, who earned bronze at the Sochi Olympics four years ago, scored 84.80 points in her second of two runs ...
Swiss couple cycle 17,000 kilometers to watch son compete in 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 ...
Freestyle skier Daichi Hara wins Japan's first medal of Pyeongchang Olympics
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 apologizes for wearing hat with military design
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 ...
Olympic breakthrough eludes Uemura again in bittersweet finale
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 ...
Uemura reflects on Olympic career
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 ...
Ito withdraws from women's moguls competition due to knee injury
Miki Ito has withdrawn from Saturday's second round of qualifying for the women's moguls at the Sochi Olympics after aggravating a right knee injury, the Japanese Olympic Committee said Friday. "We had to make a comprehensive decision while considering her intentions," the JOC said in ...
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 ...
Women's mogul skier Miki Ito practiced on Monday, but opted not to try any aerials on her damaged right knee. "My performances are improving as I take it one step at a time," said Ito, who put off surgery after suffering ligament damage in her ...
Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa said Friday he will continue his career with the aim of winning a medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The 32-year-old Minagawa, the husband of moguls skier Aiko Uemura, had told Ski Association of Japan officials in late January of his ...
