Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii won the pairs title at the European figure skating championships at Espoo in Finland on Thursday, taking full advantage of the absence of the traditionally dominant Russians.
World champion Shoma Uno and compatriot Mai Mihara starred as Japan clinched a double figure skating triumph at the Grand Prix Final in Turin on Saturday.
Mai Mihara won the women's singles gold at figure skating's Grand Prix Final on Dec. 10, wrapping up a successful competition for Japan after world champion Shoma Uno claimed the men's crown.
Japanese duo Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first skaters
from their country to win pairs gold at the International Skating
Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating final in Turin, Italy.