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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.

Ilia Malinin struggled in his free skate, falling twice and bailing on other jumps, finishing in 8th at the 2026 Olympics in a shocking result.

Canadian figure skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek and partner Maxime Deschamps performed a near-perfect routine to 'Carmina Burana' by Carl Orff yesterday

The two-times world champions scored a whopping 158.13 points for their spellbinding free program to music from 'Gladiator,' performed by Andrea Bocelli, to earn a combined total of 231.24, setting the bar sky-high for the four teams that skated after them.

More Games Malinin’s stumbles were understandably the big talker yesterday, but there were plenty of other storylines, including the aforementioned U.S. women’s hockey team reaching the semis after routing Italy. They’ve outscored opponents by a ludicrous 26-1 margin. Elsewhere:

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