
Miura and Kihara Capture Olympic Gold in Tearful Comeback
Japanese pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara rebounded from a rough short program to deliver a flawless free skate, setting a world-record free-skate score of 158.13 and overturning a seven-point deficit to defeat Georgia’s Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, making them Japan’s first Olympic champions in pairs skating.
