Three-times world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto is to retire after the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics next year, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Her win marked the first time a woman took home three consecutive world titles since American Peggy Fleming's three-peat from 1966 ...

Kaori Sakamoto gets so nervous that her legs shake before her figure skating programs. You wouldn't know it by looking at her recent results. This week, at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships ...

Kaori Sakamoto, a three-time world champion and Olympic silver and bronze medalist, plans to retire from competitive figure skating after the upcoming 2026 Olympic season, a move she previously hinted ...

MILAN--Kaori Sakamoto’s final Olympic skate ended in bittersweet fashion on Thursday, the three-time world champion leaving Milano Cortina with a silver medal that felt ‌as much like a lesson as an ...

Kaori Sakamoto rallied from fourth place after the short program to become the first woman to three-peat at figure skating worlds since American Peggy Fleming in 1968. Isabeau Levito followed with her ...

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Defending champion Kaori Sakamoto took the lead after the women’s short program at the world figure skating championships on Wednesday. Aiming to become the first Japanese skater ...

Kaori Sakamoto became the first women's singles skater to win a fourth world title since Michelle Kwan, prevailing in the last competition of her career. Sakamoto, a 25-year-old from Japan, topped ...

SAITAMA – Kaori Sakamoto fended off a challenge from South Korea’s Lee Hae-in on Friday to become the first Japanese woman to defend her title at the figure skating world championships. Sakamoto, who ...

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan topped the short program as she seeks a fourth title at the World Figure Skating Championships in the last competition of her career. Sakamoto, the Olympic singles bronze ...