Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

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{{Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics}}

{{Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics}}

The pairs figure skating competition at the [[2026 Winter Olympics]] was held on 15 and 16 February at the [[Forum di Milano|Milano Ice Skating Arena]] in [[Milan, Italy]]. [[Riku Miura]] and [[Ryuichi Kihara]] of Japan won the gold medals, [[Anastasiia Metelkina]] and [[Luka Berulava]] of Georgia won the silver, and [[Minerva Fabienne Hase]] and [[Nikita Volodin]] of Germany won the bronze. In addition to their gold medal win, Miura and Kihara set a new world record score in the [[Free skating|pairs' free skate]]. This was also Japan's first Olympic medal in pair skating, as well as Georgia's first ever Winter Olympic medal in any sport.

The pairs figure skating competition at the [[2026 Winter Olympics]] was held on 15 and 16 February at the [[Forum di Milano|Milano Ice Skating Arena]] in [[Milan, Italy]]. [[Riku Miura]] and [[Ryuichi Kihara]] of Japan won the gold, [[Anastasiia Metelkina]] and [[Luka Berulava]] of Georgia won the silver, and [[Minerva Fabienne Hase]] and [[Nikita Volodin]] of Germany won the bronze. In addition to their gold medal win, Miura and Kihara set a new world record score in the [[Free skating|pairs' free skate]]. This was also Japan's first Olympic medal in pair skating, as well as Georgia's first ever Winter Olympic medal in any sport.

== Background ==

== Background ==

== Judging ==

== Judging ==

{{See also|ISU Judging System}}

{{See also|ISU Judging System}}

All of the technical elements in any figure skating performance{{snd}}such as [[Figure skating jumps|jumps]] and [[Figure skating spins|spins]]{{snd}}were assigned a predetermined base value and then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from –5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=83–84}} Every Grade of Execution (GOE) from –5 to 5 was assigned a value (a percentage of the element's base value) as shown on the Scale of Values (SOV).{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=15–16}} For example, a [[Axel jump|triple Axel]] was worth a base value of 8.00 points, and a GOE of 3 was worth 2.40 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of 3 earned 10.40 points.{{cite web |date=1 July 2025 |title=Communication No. 2707 |url=https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Governance/Transparency/ISU-Communications/2707-ISU-SOV-SinglesPairs-2025-26-25-05-01-1747377995-9986.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516133923/https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Governance/Transparency/ISU-Communications/2707-ISU-SOV-SinglesPairs-2025-26-25-05-01-1747377995-9986.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2025 |access-date=18 February 2026 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}} The judging panel's GOE for each element was determined by calculating the [[Mean#Truncated mean|trimmed mean]] (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a [[ISU Judging System#Total Elements Score (TES)|total elements score]].{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=15–16}} At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on three program components{{snd}}skating skills, presentation, and composition{{snd}}and assigned a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-point increments.{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=84–85}} The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total [[ISU Judging System#Program Component Score (PCS)|program component score]].{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=16–17}}

All of the technical elements in any figure skating performance{{snd}}such as [[Figure skating jumps|jumps]] and [[Figure skating spins|spins]]{{snd}}were assigned a predetermined base value and then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from –5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=83–84}} Every Grade of Execution (GOE) from –5 to 5 was assigned a value (a percentage of the element's base value) as shown on the Scale of Values.{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=15–16}} For example, a [[Axel jump|triple Axel]] was worth a base value of 8.00 points, and a GOE of 3 was worth 2.40 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of 3 earned 10.40 points.{{cite web |date=1 July 2025 |title=Communication No. 2707 |url=https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Governance/Transparency/ISU-Communications/2707-ISU-SOV-SinglesPairs-2025-26-25-05-01-1747377995-9986.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516133923/https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Governance/Transparency/ISU-Communications/2707-ISU-SOV-SinglesPairs-2025-26-25-05-01-1747377995-9986.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2025 |access-date=18 February 2026 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}} The judging panel's GOE for each element was determined by calculating the [[Mean#Truncated mean|trimmed mean]] (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a [[ISU Judging System#Total Elements Score (TES)|total elements score]].{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=15–16}} At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on three program components{{snd}}skating skills, presentation, and composition{{snd}}and assigned a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-point increments.{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=84–85}} The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total [[ISU Judging System#Program Component Score (PCS)|program component score]].{{Sfn|S&P/ID|2024|pp=16–17}}

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=== Free skating ===

=== Free skating ===

The [[free skating|pairs' free skating]] was held on Monday, 16 February. After finishing in fifth place after the short program, [[Riku Miura]] and [[Ryuichi Kihara]] of Japan rallied back to a first-place finish, setting a new world record score in the free skate and winning Japan's first ever Olympic medal in pair skating. "We still can't believe that this has happened after yesterday's performance [in the short program]," Kihara said. "We were quite disappointed with what happened, but we're really happy with how we skated today. It's a little bit of a disbelief that we were able to get a medal for Japan in pair skating for the first time ever."{{cite web |last=Barrington |first=Talia |date=16 February 2026 |title=Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara flawless for Olympic pairs figure skating gold |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/japans-riku-miura-and-ryuichi-kihara-flawless-olympic-pairs-figure-skating-gold |url-status=live |access-date=17 February 2026 |website=[[NBC Olympics]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260218202446/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/japans-riku-miura-and-ryuichi-kihara-flawless-olympic-pairs-figure-skating-gold|archive-date=18 February 2026}}

The [[free skating|pairs' free skating]] was held on Monday, 16 February. After finishing in fifth place after the short program, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan rallied back to a first-place finish, setting a new world record score in the free skate and winning Japan's first ever Olympic medal in pair skating. "We still can't believe that this has happened after yesterday's performance [in the short program]," Kihara said. "We were quite disappointed with what happened, but we're really happy with how we skated today. It's a little bit of a disbelief that we were able to get a medal for Japan in pair skating for the first time ever."{{cite web |last=Barrington |first=Talia |date=16 February 2026 |title=Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara flawless for Olympic pairs figure skating gold |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/japans-riku-miura-and-ryuichi-kihara-flawless-olympic-pairs-figure-skating-gold |url-status=live |access-date=17 February 2026 |website=[[NBC Olympics]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260218202446/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/japans-riku-miura-and-ryuichi-kihara-flawless-olympic-pairs-figure-skating-gold|archive-date=18 February 2026}}

[[Anastasiia Metelkina]] and [[Luka Berulava]] finished in second place; their silver medals were the first Winter Olympic medals in Georgian history. "It's the best day in my life," Berulava said afterward. "Amazing moment for my country." [[Minerva Fabienne Hase]] and [[Nikita Volodin]] of Germany began the free skate with some errors on their [[Salchow jump|side-by-side Salchows]], but finished their performance successfully, winning the bronze. "It's a medal at the Olympics. I think it doesn't matter which color; it's just an amazing effort we put out there," Hase stated. "We fought to the end ... We didn't stop after the big mistake on the Salchow, and we can bring home a bronze medal on our first Olympics together."

Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava finished in second place; their silver medals were the first Winter Olympic medals in Georgian history. "It's the best day in my life," Berulava said afterward. "Amazing moment for my country." Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany began the free skate with some errors on their [[Salchow jump|side-by-side Salchows]], but finished their performance successfully, winning the bronze. "It's a medal at the Olympics. I think it doesn't matter which color; it's just an amazing effort we put out there," Hase stated. "We fought to the end ... We didn't stop after the big mistake on the Salchow, and we can bring home a bronze medal on our first Olympics together."

[[Maria Pavlova (figure skater)|Maria Pavlova]] and [[Alexei Sviatchenko]] of Hungary delivered another consistent performance, finishing in third place in the free skate and fourth overall. [[Sui Wenjing]] and [[Han Cong]] of China, who were the reigning Olympic champions, finished in firth place. [[Deanna Stellato-Dudek]] and [[Maxime Deschamps]] of Canada finished the competition in eleventh place. Speaking about her return to competitive skating in 2016 after retiring sixteen years earlier, Stellato-Dudek commented: "Ironically, back in Italy, because that was the Olympics I was going for originally in 2006 [in [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Turin]]], so it's very ironic that it came full circle, and 20 years later, I'm back, perhaps where I belonged."{{Cite web |last=SpearChief-Morris |first=Joy |date=16 February 2026 |title=Canada's Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud secure 8th-place pairs finish in Olympic debut |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figure-skating/figure-skating-pair-skating-canadians-recap-day-10-9.7091390 |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2026 |website=[[CBC Sports]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260218062057/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figure-skating/figure-skating-pair-skating-canadians-recap-day-10-9.7091390|archive-date=18 February 2026}}

[[Maria Pavlova (figure skater)|Maria Pavlova]] and [[Alexei Sviatchenko]] of Hungary delivered another consistent performance, finishing in third place in the free skate and fourth overall. [[Sui Wenjing]] and [[Han Cong]] of China, who were the reigning Olympic champions, finished in firth place. Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada finished the competition in eleventh place. Speaking about her return to competitive skating in 2016 after retiring sixteen years earlier, Stellato-Dudek commented: "Ironically, back in Italy, because that was the Olympics I was going for originally in 2006 [in [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Turin]]], so it's very ironic that it came full circle, and 20 years later, I'm back, perhaps where I belonged."{{Cite web |last=SpearChief-Morris |first=Joy |date=16 February 2026 |title=Canada's Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud secure 8th-place pairs finish in Olympic debut |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figure-skating/figure-skating-pair-skating-canadians-recap-day-10-9.7091390 |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2026 |website=[[CBC Sports]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260218062057/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figure-skating/figure-skating-pair-skating-canadians-recap-day-10-9.7091390|archive-date=18 February 2026}}

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