Overview
- Nagano Higashi won the girls’ nationwide high‑school ekiden in Kyoto in 1:06:30, leading from the opening leg and never trailing.
- Third‑leg runner Airi Mashiba set a section record to extend the lead after first‑leg runner Kawakami opened in front, and anchor Rena Imai closed; Osaka Kunei was second and Ritsumeikan Uji third.
- Yuma Kagiyama captured the men’s title at All‑Japan Figure with 287.95 points for a second straight win, confirming his Milan–Cortina berth.
- Kaori Sakamoto posted 234.36 points for a fifth consecutive national crown and was named to her third Olympics in what she has said is her final season.
- Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita won ice dance with 172.29 to clinch a return to the Olympics as team-event members, while additional women’s singles spots will be decided under federation criteria after results such as the Grand Prix Final; Mone Chiba placed third (216.24) and Ami Nakai fourth.