MILAN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava made history for Georgia on Monday, winning the tiny South Caucasus country's first Winter Olympic medal by claiming silver in the pairs figure skating event of the Milano Cortina Games.

For the first time, Elana Meyers Taylor has won an Olympic gold medal; Milan Cortina is her fifth Olympic appearance. Taylor, a Douglasville native, has won medals at all four of her previous Olympics — three silvers and two bronze. Gold has always been her goal.

Nika Egadze and the figure skating team just missed out on the country’s first medal at the Winter Games.

At the ongoing Winter Olympics Milan–Cortina 2026, Georgian figure skaters Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava have written a new chapter

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Japan won its first Olympic pairs gold and Georgia earned its first Winter Games medal at Milan Cortina 2026, rewriting figure skating history.

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