Kaori Sakamoto to retire from figure skating after 2026 Olympic Games

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Kaori Sakamoto, the three-time fig skating satellite champion, volition discontinue aft adjacent year's 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan-Cortina, she said Friday.

3-time satellite champion, 25, says that property is catching up with her

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 20, 2025 7:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

A pistillate fig skater wearing a achromatic formal is seen during a presentation. One of her legs is successful the aerial and a sponsorship motion that reads "Canada" is seen down her.

Kaori Sakamoto, the three-time fig skating satellite champion, volition discontinue aft adjacent year's 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan-Cortina, she said Friday.

The 25-year-old Japanese prima won an Olympic bronze medal successful the 2022 Winter Olympics successful Beijing and took the metallic medal successful the satellite championships successful March with golden to American Alysa Liu.

Sakamoto acknowledged that property is catching up with her.

"I consciousness similar I person little than a twelvemonth left," the Japanese quality bureau Kyodo quoted her arsenic saying successful Kobe, Japan. "I'll beryllium 29 astatine the pursuing Olympics (in 2030), which is retired of the question. I'll effort to bring things to a adjacent the twelvemonth I crook 26."

With files from CBC Sports

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