Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara soared from fifth place to Olympic gold with a world-record free skate on Monday. The final day of Olympic pairs skating brought records, history and heartbreak.

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Yuma Kagiyama entered tonight trailing Ilia Malinin by 5.09 points — and he’s going to have a difficult time catching him. Kagiyama didn’t have his cleanest performance in the free skate, stumbling lightly after a couple jumps on a night he needed to be both aggressive and perfect.

Canadian figure skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek and partner Maxime Deschamps performed a near-perfect routine to 'Carmina Burana' by Carl Orff yesterday

Gliding on the ice: US figure skater Maxim Naumov produced his best routine of the season on the world stage. He gave an emotional performance, remembering his parents who tragically died a year ago. Spanish skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté enjoyed his routine on the ice after getting last-minute clearance for a Minions song .

Olympic figure skating could be gliding towards more controversy. Adeliia Petrosian — the 18-year-old Russian, whose ties to a scandal-scarred coach threatens to put another harsh spotlight on the sport — quickly made herself a medal contender on Tuesday in the women’s short program after judges awarded her a career-best score of 72.

More Games Malinin’s stumbles were understandably the big talker yesterday, but there were plenty of other storylines, including the aforementioned U.S. women’s hockey team reaching the semis after routing Italy. They’ve outscored opponents by a ludicrous 26-1 margin. Elsewhere: