Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara soared from fifth place to Olympic gold with a world-record free skate on Monday. The final day of Olympic pairs skating brought records, history and heartbreak.

Japan won its first Olympic pairs gold and Georgia earned its first Winter Games medal at Milan Cortina 2026, rewriting figure skating history.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara handed Japan their first ever Olympic title in figure skating's pairs event when they won gold with a total of 231.24 points. Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia won the silver medal with 221.

Japanese figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara finished fifth after a disappointing short programme at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Sunday, a result Miura framed as a mental test, stressing composure over points as they turned to Monday's free skate.

Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in Milano-Cortina, topping a tightly contested field ahead of Monday’s free skate.

The 2026 Milan Cortina Games continue with seven more gold medals on the schedule for today. In the speedskating team pursuit, the U.S. men won silver, with Canada's women taking gold and the U.S. women fourth.