By Yuka Obayashi
TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - ****** anese ice-skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who won the hearts of many ****** anese in a country where skating can top the news bulletins, announced their engagement on Sunday, becoming partners off as well as on the ice.
"We're engaged," they posted on Instagram with a photo of Kihara kneeling on the ice to present Miura with the ring. "Through both the happy times and the difficult ones, we've shared so many moments together, supporting each other every step of the way."
Known jointly as "Riku-Ryu", Miura, 24, and Kihara, who turned 34 on Saturday, become the first ****** anese pair to win Olympic gold in figure skating at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in February.
Known for smiling, laughing and hugging — with Kihara sometimes carrying the 146-cm (4-foot-nine-inch) Miura onto and off the ice — the couple have had their share of difficult and happy times from teaming up in 2019 to announcing their retirement from competitive skating in April.
#happy
TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - ****** anese ice-skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who won the hearts of many ****** anese in a country where skating can top the news bulletins, announced their engagement on Sunday, becoming partners off as well as on the ice.
"We're engaged," they posted on Instagram with a photo of Kihara kneeling on the ice to present Miura with the ring. "Through both the happy times and the difficult ones, we've shared so many moments together, supporting each other every step of the way."
Known jointly as "Riku-Ryu", Miura, 24, and Kihara, who turned 34 on Saturday, become the first ****** anese pair to win Olympic gold in figure skating at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in February.
Known for smiling, laughing and hugging — with Kihara sometimes carrying the 146-cm (4-foot-nine-inch) Miura onto and off the ice — the couple have had their share of difficult and happy times from teaming up in 2019 to announcing their retirement from competitive skating in April.
#happy
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