Japan won its first Olympic pairs gold and Georgia earned its first Winter Games medal at Milan Cortina 2026, rewriting figure skating history.
The two-times world champions scored a whopping 158.13 points for their spellbinding free program to music from 'Gladiator,' performed by Andrea Bocelli, to earn a combined total of 231.24, setting the bar sky-high for the four teams that skated after them.
Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara soared from fifth place to Olympic gold with a world-record free skate on Monday. The final day of Olympic pairs skating brought records, history and heartbreak.
The Japanese government on Tuesday welcomed its first Olympic gold medal in pairs figure skating, won by Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihar
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara delivered a thrilling comeback at the Milano Cortina Games, storming back from fifth place after a shaky short program to capture Japan's first Olympic figure skating pairs title on Monday.
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Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win Japan’s first Olympic pairs gold with a world-record free skate
MILAN (AP) — Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the wayside when the Japanese skaters made an uncharacteristic slip-up during their short program at the Milan Cortina Games.
Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in Milano-Cortina, topping a tightly contested field ahead of Monday’s free skate.
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