Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara handed Japan their first ever Olympic title in figure skating's pairs event when they won gold with a total of 231.24 points. Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia won the silver medal with 221.

Japanese figure skaters have been conquering Olympic events over the last two decades and following the successes of Shizuka Arakawa in the women's and Yuzuru Hanyu in the men's, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara will be hoping to make a golden impact in the pairs at the Milano Cortina Olympics.