MILAN, Italy, Feb 17, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled out the best performance of their careers to move from fifth overnight to grab Olympic figure skating pairs gold on Monday. Their routine earned the Japanese personal best scores in both the free skate (158.13 points) and overall, with 231.24 points. Miura, 24, and 33-year-old Kihara had helped Japan win team silver for the second consecutive Olympics earlier in the Games. Yesterday they were heartbroken," the Japanese pairs' coach Bruno Marcotte told journalists. Their free skate route at the Milan-Cortina Games was, in fact, meant to illustrate their struggle against these difficulties.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 17, 2026 03:25 UTC