Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs figure skating gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan on February 16, delivering a free skate that scored 158.13 points — a world record under the current scoring system — for a combined total of 231.24 points. This was Japan's first Olympic pairs skating medal of any kind. The pair had been in fifth place after the short program, trailing by nearly five points after a costly error on a lift. Their free skate performance to music from "Gladiator" was technically strong, featuring difficult lifts with trademark dismounts and clean jumps.
Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava finished second with 221.75 points, earning Georgia a medal in skating at these Olympics. Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin, who led after the short program, finished third with 219.09 points after errors on jumps in the free skate. American teams Emily Chan and Spencer Howe finished seventh, while Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea finished ninth after multiple falls. Gymnast Simone Biles attended the event and praised the Japanese pair's performance.
