Japan secured the women's speed skating team pursuit bronze on Tuesday to win the nation's 19th medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics,

Japan's total of 24 medals was six higher than the previous record set at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

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.

Japan's 10-time Olympic speed skating medalist Miho Takagi, the most decorated female Olympian in the country's history, said Wednesd

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.

MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin's quest for Olympic figure skating gold might not be so easy after all. Same goes for his American team. Yuma Kagiyama landed a pair of near-perfect quads, one in combination with a triple toe loop,