The winners of pairs skating depend on which event you mean, because several are happening around the 2026 Winter Olympics and current season.

Here are the key possibilities people usually mean when they ask “who won pairs skating”:

  • 2026 Winter Olympics – pairs event : As of early February 2026, the individual pairs competition in Milan has not finished yet, so there is no official Olympic pairs champion for 2026 announced.
  • 2026 Olympic team event (pairs segment) : The U.S. just won gold in the overall team figure skating event , with Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea skating the pairs free segment for Team USA, but that’s a team title, not the standalone pairs event.
  • Recent world champions in pairs : Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan are noted as the reigning world champions in pair skating heading into Milan.

Because your question is very short, here are two likely “answers” depending on what you had in mind:

  1. If you meant “Who are the top pairs right now at the 2026 Olympics?”
    • Japan’s Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara are the reigning world champions and a leading favorite for Olympic gold in Milan.
 * China’s **Wenjing Sui / Cong Han** , the defending Olympic champions from Beijing 2022, are back aiming to retain their title.
  1. If you meant “Who just won something in pairs in the latest Olympic coverage?”
    • The freshest headline is that Team USA won gold in the team figure skating event , with Kam/O’Shea handling the pairs free skate portion, but there is no separate Olympic pairs winner yet.

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Right now, the trending topic is the U.S. breaking through for gold in the team figure skating event , powered by Ilia Malinin’s massive free skate and solid work from the pairs team Kam/O’Shea, along with the women’s skaters.

In most forum threads and social chatter, this is being talked about almost like “they won pairs” because the pairs free skate was the final dramatic segment before the team gold was confirmed.

A quick story-style snapshot

Imagine the arena in Milan: the team standings are tight, the lights drop, and Kam and O’Shea know that every throw and lift will help decide a team Olympic champion.

They skate clean enough to lock in crucial points, Malinin then lands a huge score in the men’s free, and by the time the final marks come up, Team USA has its long-awaited team-event gold – with the pairs segment as a pivotal chapter, even though it isn’t the standalone pairs title.

Multiple viewpoints (what fans are arguing)

  • Some fans say the “real” answer to who won pairs skating should wait until the dedicated pairs event finishes later in the Games.
  • Others, especially in casual forums, are already celebrating Kam/O’Shea as “the pairs that won gold” because of their role in the team victory.
  • Hardcore skating followers point out that Miura/Kihara and Sui/Han are the two giant storylines to watch for when the actual pairs medals are handed out.

If you tell me which competition you meant (Olympics pairs event, team event, Worlds, or a specific year), I can narrow it down to the exact winners you’re looking for. Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.