Overview
- Ikuma Horishima took silver in the men’s dual moguls, his second medal of these Games after bronze in moguls, while Takuya Shimakawa finished fourth.
- Snowboard halfpipe champion Yuto Totsuka said his long‑sought gold validated years of work after frustrations at Pyeongchang and Beijing, with teammates also addressing their podiums.
- Japan’s WBC training camp is underway in Miyazaki; advisor Yu Darvish arrived on Feb. 13, with other MLB players slated to join in phases and Shohei Ohtani expected after the camp.
- Toshikazu Yamanishi’s official 1:20:34 at the Japanese Championships half‑marathon race walk was reported as surpassing World Athletics’ recognition threshold for a world record.
- U.S. reports say Wasserman’s chairman plans to sell the major sports agency that represents stars such as Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Seiya Suzuki, Yu Darvish and Rui Hachimura, following scrutiny tied to past email disclosures.