Figure Skating: Shen, Zhao claim China's first figure skating gold
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Feb 15, 2010 Vancouver (AFP) - Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo gave China their first ever Olympic figure skating title when they won gold in the pairs event in Vancouver on Monday.
The husband-and-wife team led a Chinese 1-2 ahead of teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian with Germany's reigning two-time world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy taking bronze after the free skating final.
Shen, 31, and Zhao, 36, had returned after retiring for two years in their bid to claim gold after winning bronze at the past two Olympics.
But they faced a tense wait to see if they had secured the title following a stunning free skate by Pang and Tong to the music Impossible Dream giving which gave them a new world record mark of 141.81 in the free skate.
Pang and Tong, the 2006 world champions, surged from fourth after the short programme with an overall 213.31.
Shen and Zhao scored second highest in the free skate after errors in their routine to Adagio in G Minor by Tomaso Albinoni but it was enough to secure victory with 139.91 and 216.57 overall for a new world record score.
The Germans dropped to third after Szolkowy fell on a double axel in their routine to the soundtrack Out of Africa, giving them 134.64 for the programme and 210.60 overall.
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Chinese couple cap comeback with figure skating gold
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(CNN) -- China's figure skating pair of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo capped an emotional comeback to the Winter Olympics on Monday by capturing the pairs figure skating gold.
By winning the event, Shen and Zhao captured their country's first gold medal in figure skating and fulfilled a quest that had previously eluded them. The husband-and-wife team had retired from Olympic competition, but was coaxed back by the hope of claiming gold.
China made it a 1-2 finish in pairs skating after Pan Qing and Tong Jian claimed silver, according to the Vancouver Olympics Web site. Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy claimed third place and the bronze medal in the event.
Elsewhere at the Olympics, South Korea's Mo Tae-Bum captured the gold medal in the men's 500-meter speed skating event. Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima and Joji Kato captured silver and bronze, respectively.
In figure skating, China's Shen and Zhao had retired in 2007 after capturing three world championships and two Olympic bronze medalists, making them the most decorated figure skaters in their country's history.
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Chinese pair win figure skating gold in Vancouver
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Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won an emotional pairs figure skating final to secure China's first gold of the 2010 Vancouver Games.
The married duo and three-time world champions were coaxed out of retirement by the lure of Olympic gold.
Compatriots Pang Qing and Tong Jian won silver and Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy took the bronze.
British pair David King and Stacey Kemp finished 16th with an overall tally of 139.94 points.
Shen and Zhao had settled for third in both Salt Lake City in 2002 and Torino in 2006 and had quit the sport for two years before this triumphant return.
An overjoyed Zhao said: "It's been so many years, to finally get this gold is so exciting. So many years have been devoted to this dream."
Shen, 31, revealed it might be the pair's final appearance in competitive action, saying: "It's hard to continue skating - maybe it's time to have a baby."
They had been the lowest ranked team in the competition because of the lengthy absence from the ice and held a lead of only 0.7 points after Sunday's short programme.
Shen and Zhao, were last to compete and needing to score 136.66 to seal victory, a score below their season's best.
They were near faultless, and the scores confirmed it, a 139.91 giving the duo victory with 216.57 in a Chinese one-two, with Germany's Savchenko and Szolkowy taking bronze.
Kemp, 21, and King, 25, had skated to a personal best score of 48.28 in Sunday's short programme and though there were a couple of slight stumbles on landing in their free programme, the British pair scored 91.66, just below their season's best recorded at the European Championships.
作者: ruthshao 時間: 2010-2-17 00:09
Awesome. Proud of them.