Japan, Women's and figure skating
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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.
In the four World Figure Skating Championships since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Japan has won a total of 14 medals, including Sakamoto Kaori’s 3 straight women’s golds and 2 victories by the pair skating team of Miura Riku and Kihara Ryūichi.