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Japan's Olympic Pairs Champions Miura and Kihara to Retire
The duo said they had no regrets after winning Japan’s first Olympic pairs gold and setting a world-record free skate score of 158.13 points.
- Olympic champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara announced their retirement from competitive skating, becoming Japan's first pairs gold medallists at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
- Teaming up in 2019, the duo secured their historic gold in Milan after a dramatic comeback and earned back-to-back team silver medals at Beijing 2022 and Milano Cortina.
- In an Instagram post, they wrote, "We are proud of everything we went through," noting they have no regrets after giving their all to their careers.
- Miura and Kihara stated they will pursue new challenges to bring wider recognition to pair skating in Japan, shifting their focus beyond competitive performance.
- Olympic teammate Yuma Kagiyama announced he would take a break from competitive figure skating during the 2026-27 season, signaling broader shifts in Japan's skating landscape.
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Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who won the gold medal in pairs skating at this year's Olympic Games in Cortina, Milan, have decided to retire from top-level sports.
·Estonia
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The 24-year-old Riku Miura and the six-year-older Ryuichi Kihara seized gold and a world record at the Milan Games with a magnificent free program.
·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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In the pairs figure skating event at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the pair of Rika Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, known as "Rika-Ryu," won the gold medal, Japan's first-ever Olympic medal in this event. On April 17, the two announced on social media that they would retire together.
·Tokyo, Japan
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