Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara soared from fifth place to Olympic gold with a world-record free skate on Monday. See full pairs results, medalists and dramatic highlights from Milano-Cortina.
The teams of Spencer Akira Howe and Emily Chan, and Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, were knocked out of podium contention before the competition ended.
Although it was not gold like they had hoped going into Monday's pairs figure skating final at the Winter Olympic Games, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava made history for the country they represent. For the first time in history, Georgia has a medal at the Winter Olympics.
By Rory Carroll MILAN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava made history for Georgia on Tuesday, winning the tiny South Caucasus country's first Winter Olympic medal by claiming silver in the pairs figure skating event of the Milano Cortina Games.
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.
Russian figure skater Adeliia Petrosian says she is feeling "excellent" after a practice session at the Olympics with her controversial coach, seemingly dispelling injury concerns.
The duo of Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe finished seventh, while team event gold medalists Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea were two behind them in ninth
With the team competition starting first, the physical and emotional cost can ripple right on through into the individual ones.
Ilia Malinin missed out on a medal in a stunning and dramatic men's figure skating final at the Winter Olympics today. The 21-year-old American fell twice in his final free skate to score 156.33 and finish eighth as Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won gold.