Snowboarding

Eighteen-year-old South Korean snowboarder Yu Seung-eun expressed satisfaction with her childhood switch from table tennis to snowboarding after winning bronze in the women's big air at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Despite multiple injuries in 2025, she overcame challenges to secure the medal and placed 12th in slopestyle. Yu aims to excel in both events moving forward.

18 de fevereiro de 2026 Reportado por IA

Japan's Mari Fukada won gold in the women's snowboard slopestyle event at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics on Wednesday. This marks Japan's fifth gold medal of the Games, matching the country's best Winter Olympics result from the 1998 Nagano Games. New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, the 2022 champion, took silver, while Fukada's compatriot Kokomo Murase earned bronze.

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won Olympic gold in women's big air at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, two days after her teammates swept the top two medals in the men's event. She secured at least a bronze before nailing her final jump to claim the top spot. This adds to her bronze from the same event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

09 de fevereiro de 2026 Reportado por IA

Eighteen-year-old Yu Seung-eun claimed bronze with 171.00 points in the women's big air final at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. This marks the first Olympic snowboard medal for a South Korean woman and the country's second medal overall. Japan's Kokomo Murase took gold, while New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott earned silver.

Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano of Japan has indicated he will attempt to defend his title at next week's Milan Cortina Games despite recent severe injuries. The 27-year-old suffered a broken nose and pelvis in a fall during a contest in Switzerland last month. He expressed confidence in his preparation during an update from Livigno, Italy.

31 de janeiro de 2026 Reportado por IA

Czech athlete Ester Ledecka, who became the first to win two gold medals in different sports at the same Winter Olympics in 2018, is preparing for another dual challenge at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. She will compete in snowboarding parallel giant slalom and alpine super-G, aiming to secure a third consecutive Olympic gold in the snowboarding event. A scheduling conflict has ruled out the women's downhill for her.