TOKYO — Japan hailed a “new chapter” in the country’s figure skating on Tuesday after Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled off a stunning comeback to claim pairs gold at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

A Russian pairs skater was not happy with the Olympic scoring that saw Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win gold.

Each one had gone better than the one before, and the Americans entered the pairs final in seventh place. They knew that rank ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara stormed back from fifth place to capture Japan's first Olympic figure skating pairs title on Monday.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara have delivered Japan’s first Olympic gold medal in pairs skating. They earned a world-record score for their free skate at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday night ...