Russian Skater Slams Olympic Judges for ‘Unprofessional’ Scoring
Summary
Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won their country's first-ever Olympic gold medal in pairs skating at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Russian skater Dmitri Kozlovskii criticized the judges, claiming their score was unreasonably high.Key Facts
- Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won a gold medal in pairs skating, marking the first for Japan in this category.
- They achieved a world-record score of 158.13 points in the free skate.
- Their score helped them move from fifth place in the short program to first overall.
- Russian skater Dmitri Kozlovskii expressed that the scoring was unprofessional and unfair.
- Kozlovskii praised Miura but criticized Kihara's performance.
- Miura and Kihara had a total score of 231.24 points, beating competitors from Georgia and Germany.
- Kozlovskii compared the scoring to past performances, suggesting it was inflated.
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