The International Olympic Committee is considering offering torches in place of Olympic medals to U.S. and Japanese figure skaters while they await a ruling on the doping case involving Russian skater Kamila Valieva, sources said on Feb. 17.
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara placed second on Feb. 7 in the pairs free skate section of the figure skating team competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, moving Japan up to second overall with two events left in the five-team final.