Japanese figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the gold medalists at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, announced their retirement from competition Friday.Affectionately dubbed "Riku-Ryu," the pair moved up from fifth place in the short program to the top with a world record score in the free skate to earn Japan's first pairs Winter Games medal of any color in February.It was their last competition as Miura, 24, and Kihara, 33, did not participate in the world championships in Prague in late March."While we are bringing our competitive careers to a close, we feel we have given …READ FULL ARTICLE
