Besti squat
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A Besti squat is a figure skating move. It is similar to the spread eagle in that the skater travels along an edge with both skates on the ice, the toes turned out to the sides and the heels facing ea
Wakaba Higuchi performing a Besti squat at the 2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
A full-frontal view of a solo Besti squat (Hana Yoshida)
A pair team perform Besti squats during the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships (Maylin Hausch & Daniel Wende)
A pair team perform Besti squats in close contact (Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara)
Ryuichi Kihara
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Ryuichi Kihara is a Japanese retired pair skater. He and pair partner, Riku Miura, are the 2026 Olympic pair skating champions, two-time Olympic team event silver medalists, two-time World Champions,
Besti squat
…squats during the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships (Maylin Hausch & Daniel Wende) A pair team perform Besti squats in close contact (Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara) A pair team perform Besti squats (Emily Chan & Spencer Akira Howe) Besti squats as used during an ice dance routine (Leah Neset & Artem Markelov) Front…
Miura and Kihara during their free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Kihara at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki with Miu Suzaki
Miura/Kihara during practice at the 2022 World Championships
Miura/Kihara at the 2023 Four Continents Championships