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SEOUL, South Korea — Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan have won the pairs event at the Four Continents figure skating competition, recapturing the title they first took home two years ago. The 2023 world champions led after the short program and then produced a season-best score of 142.59 in the free skate to finish first with 217.32 points. Reigning world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada were only fourth after the short program but surged into second place with a season-best 141.26 points for a total of 210.92. Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud of Canada were third with a personal-best 198.40 points to win their first ISU championship medal as a team.
