Snowboarder Tsubaki Miki returns from World Cup “fulfilling season”. Miki, 20, became the first Japanese athlete to win a gold medal in the women's parallel giant slalom at the World Championships in February last year.

Looking ahead to the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics in two years' time, he says, "I want to do my best to repay the favor" and aims to win gold medal there.