US EditionRiku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara Win Japan’s First Olympic Pairs Gold with a World-Record Free Skate
- On Monday, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara stormed from fifth to win Japan's first Olympic pairs title at the Milano Cortina Games with a world-record free skate and 231.24 points.
- After a lasso-lift slip the previous night, Miura and Kihara overcame a near seven-point deficit with a powerful skate that eluded them 24 hours earlier amid chaotic short programme results.
- Executing a flawless triple toe–double axel–double axel sequence, they landed the throw triple loop cleanly and about 40 minutes later it was confirmed they beat rivals by almost 10 points as Kihara sobbed.
- Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin settled for bronze with 219.09 after mistakes, including a bobbled double Axel, on Sunday night.
- Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe briefly led after becoming the first team to break the 200-point barrier, while Italy's Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii briefly took the lead despite a messy skate.
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Japanese skaters Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who became Olympic champions on Monday night, did not hide that they could not hold back tears after a less than successful performance in the short program on Sunday.
Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Mihara Are the Olympic Pairs Skating Champions
There’s been a lot of chatter online and in the figure skating community about the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena. It’s too soft; it’s made with a new, more environmentally friendly system that’s less consistent and more sensitive to the heat and moisture of spectators in a packed arena. Sharing the venue with short track speed skating doesn’t help, since speed skaters like the ice harder and colder. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But in …
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara Win Japan’s First Olympic Pairs Gold With World-Record Free Skate
MILAN—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. Turns out they were just making it more dramatic. The two-time defending world champions rebounded Monday night with a world-record free skate under the current scoring system, lifting them from fifth place all the way to the top step of…
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