Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won the pairs competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Feb. 11, raising expectations of a breakthrough world title next month.
Lee Hae-in surged from sixth place with a near-flawless free skate to win the women's title at the Four Continents figure skating championships in Colorado Springs on Friday.
Skating to "Michelangelo 70" and "La Muerte del Angel", Miura launched into a triple axel before landing a massive quad-triple combination to earn 91.90 points, finishing ahead of retiring Canadian Keegan Messing and American Jimmy Ma. The 17-year-old, who won bronze last year, notched two podium finishes at Grand Prix events in the United States and Canada and rebounded in impressive fashion after finishing sixth at the Japan nationals.
(Reuters) - Japanese teenager Kao Miura survived a shaky opening quadruple Salchow to lead the men's short programme at the Four Continents Figure Ska.