Japan’s top figure skaters have plenty of potential to win medals at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics but will have to contend with a resurgent United States and Russian athletes, competing as neutrals, eager to reclaim their dominance of the sport.
Japan earned three Olympic spots in men’s singles, three in women’s singles and one in pairs at the 2025 world championships held in Boston in March.
A place in ice dancing was awarded to Japan after the conclusion of the International Skating Union’s 2025 Grand Prix Series.
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