MILAN - Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won Japan's first gold medal in pairs figure skating at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, jumping four places from the short program with a world-record free skate performance.
The world champion pair scored 158.13 points, the highest-ever mark, for their free program for a total of 231.24, finishing 9.49 points ahead of silver medalists Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
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