GMT and look to keep semi-final hopes alive GB men will reach curling last four if Italy or Norway lose on Thursday morning after beating USA 9-2 Mari Fukada wins gold for Japan in women's snowboard slopestyle;

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the “Blade Angels” from the U.S. to take the lead after the short program in the women’s figure skating competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday.

The Olympic figure skating pairs competition ended with Japan taking gold and Team USA getting two top 10 finishes. See full results, highlights.

Japan's Mari Fukada won the gold medal in women's slopestyle at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday, finishing just ahead of New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott who took silver to become the most decorated snowboarder in Games history.

Frostad swiped the gold medal back from Forehand by equalling that 98.25 on his final run, giving Norway its 14th gold of this year's Games. While Forehand couldn't nab gold, he walked away with an impressive silver medal in what commentators called the best Big Air competition they've ever seen with outrageous scoring from the entire field.

Japan's Mari Fukada wins gold, and Kokomo Murase took home the bronze.

Japan's Ikuma Horishima botched his landing on his last jump in the men's round of 16 Sunday at the Milan Cortina Olympics, then bounced back up to ski backward over the finish line. And he still won.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The best snowboard contest in history came down to one trick. Half a spin, really. Scotty James built up speed, launched himself above the coping of the halfpipe and took his Olympic hopes and dreams for a twirl through the clear,