Beijing 2022 figure skating: Everything you need to know about Japan's Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi

Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi have already made their mark for Japan at Beijing 2022.

However, they won't be stopping after contributing to their nation's figure skating team event bronze.

The duo will now be hoping to make the podium again as they prepare to take part in the pair skating.

They've got off to a tremendous start to this Olympic Winter Games.

First of all, they were able to come fourth in the short program in the team event - coming 0.55 points behind United States of America's Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier.

That was followed by the pairs free skating, in which Miura and Kihara came second behind ROC's Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov.

This eventually proved enough to help Japan reach the podium as a team, coming behind ROC and USA.

Japan's other notable displays saw Uno Shoma and Higuchi Wakaba come second in the men's and women's single skating short program respectively, Kagiyama Yuma place first in the men's single skating free skate and Sakamoto Kaori finish second in the women's single skating free skate.

It would be hard to tell, but this is Miura's first-ever Olympic Winter Games, while her only World Championships display, in 2021, saw her come 10th.

On the other hand, Kihara is competing in his third Games, having taken part at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 - though he didn't get a medal in either of those.

Still, the Japanese duo showed their medal potential for the Games by winning bronze and silver in Grand Prix events during the 2021/22 season

Kihara also secured bronze in the 2021 World Team Trophy in Osaka.

Before the two teamed up, Miura was a relative unknown in the pairs scene while Kihara had not competed internationally in a year.

Their first finish was not a significant