American snowboarder Chloe Kim cruised into the halfpipe finals at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Wednesday, showing off high-altitude tricks to easily lead the field as she moved a step closer to claiming a third straight gold medal.

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won Olympic gold in women's big air two days after her teammates swept the top two medals in the men's event.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Japan's mastery in snowboarding might very well go beyond the halfpipe. Hiroto Ogiwara finished at the top of the scoreboard in qualifying for big air Thursday night —- making the 20-year-old a legit gold-medal contender at the 2026 Winter Olympics for the country that boasts the reigning halfpipe champion,

Ilia Malinin took to the ice late Sunday in a bid to keep the Olympic team figure skating gold in US hands after Japan pulled ahead of the Americans. However Kagiyama is not competing in the free skate with Olympic newcomer Shun Sato,

Competing with in injured shoulder, American star Chloe Kim's bid for a third gold in a row in the halfpipe came up short. She's OK with that, though.

South Korean snowboarder Choi Gaon recovers from a "huge hit" in her first run to deny favourite Chloe Kim of Team USA a third straght women's halfpipe gold medal.