Most of the pairs in the competition struggled with mistakes—until Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took to the ice and drew the only standing ovation of the evening.

This kind of surprise ending happens now and then in figure skating, when pairs or singles not even in the last group leapfrog others to win gold.

Georgia had 40 Summer medals but none from the Winter Games until now, while Japan won its first-ever Olympic gold in pairs skating.

Women's figure skating kicks off Tuesday, highlighting an action-packed day at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Japan hailed a "new chapter" in the country's figure skating on Tuesday after Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled off a ...

Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday. Get the latest news, results, medal count, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Olympics: Miura, Kihara win Japan's 1st pairs gold with record free skate MILAN - Riku Miura and Ryuichi ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the wayside when the Japanese skaters made an ...

Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara delivered a thrilling comeback at the Milan Cortina Games, storming from fifth place after a ...

Now, for the medal contenders. In Gladiator, Russell Crowe tells us, “What we do in life, echoes in eternity.” In figure skating, what we do in the short program echoes in the free skate. Doesn’t ...