Three Japanese skaters are in position to earn medals heading into the final

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

Japan's Mari Fukada wins gold, and Kokomo Murase took home the bronze.

Most of the pairs in the competition struggled with mistakes—until Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took to the ice and drew the only standing ovation of the evening.

Only USA's Alysa Liu broke up Japan's trio of Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto and Mone Chiba, who finished first, second and fourth after the short program.

The out athletes part of Team LGBTQ won more gold medals, and more total Winter Olympics medals, than ever in Milan and Cortina. The post Team LGBTQ won as many gold medals as Canada, China and Japan at the Winter Olympics appeared first on Outsports.

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.

Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men’s slopestyle final