TOKYO (AP) — Kaori Sakamoto, the three-time figure skating world champion, will retire after next year's 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, she said Friday. The 25-year-old Japanese star won , TOKYO -- Kaori Sakamoto, the three-time figure skating world champion, will retire after next year's 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, she said Friday. The 25-year-old Japanese star won an Olympic bronze medal in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and took the silver medal in the world championships in March with gold to American Alysa Liu., June 20 (Reuters) - Three-times world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto is to retire after the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics next year, the Japanese 25-year-old told reporters in Kobe on , Tokyo (AFP) – Japan's three-time world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto said Friday she will retire after the Winter Olympics in February. Issued on: 20/06/2025 - 09:49 Modified: 20/06 , TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto, winner of three consecutive world championships through 2024, said Friday she will retire from competition after next year's Milan-Cortina , Three-time figure skating world champion Kaori Sakamoto plans to retire after the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics next year, the 25-year-old told reporters in Kobe on Friday. Sakamoto became the .