{"id":87329,"date":"2026-03-04T09:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=87329"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:57:15","slug":"milan-cortina-olympics-results-two-current-students-shine-watabe-places-6th-in-final-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/87329","title":{"rendered":"Milan-Cortina Olympics Results: Two Current Students Shine, Watabe Places 6th in Final Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Akito Watabe is lifted up in celebration after his final Olympic run (Photo: Kyodo News)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics were held from February 6th to 22nd, 2026, and two current students and ten alumni from Waseda University participated.<\/p>\n

Please see their results below.<\/p>\n

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Figure skater Mone Chiba takes fourth place with her personal best while Mitsuki Ono gets the bronze in Women\u2019s Snowboard Halfpipe<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Mone Chiba performing in the women’s free skating event (Photo: Kyodo News)<\/p><\/div>\n

Mitsuki Ono (4th year, School of Sport Sciences) won the bronze medal<\/a>\u00a0in the Women’s Halfpipe snowboarding event, and Mone Chiba (School of Human Sciences\u2019 Online Degree Program) achieved a personal best of 217.88 points to take an impressive 4th place in Women’s Single Skating event.<\/p>\n

“I am very happy that I was able to perform in this big event. I really had no regrets about the content of my performance today, so I will continue to work hard towards the World Championships,” said Chiba said.<\/p>\n