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Japan hailed a "new chapter" in the country's figure skating after Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled off a stunning comeback to claim pairs gold at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

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As the 33rd Southeast Asian Games light up Bangkok, Thailand, Team Philippines is charging into the spotlight—bringing speed, style and serious fire across speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey.

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As the 33rd Southeast Asian Games light up Bangkok, Thailand, Team Philippines is charging into the spotlight—bringing speed, style and serious fire across speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey.

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There’s a new rising star in the world of Philippine figure skating, showing a lot of promise to follow the great path of Olympian Michael Martinez.

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