2010 Worlds Pairs SP | Flawless & elegant Pang-Tong lead in Torino

British coverage (commentators: Chris Howarth, Simon Reed, interviewer: Maurizio Margaglio) 2010 World Figure Skating Championships (Palavela, Torino (Turin), Italy), pairs short program (SP). Teams shown marked with (^) below: Rank Name Nation Total points SP^ FS (Time-code ref) 1 Pang Qing 庞清 / Tong Jian 佟健 China 211.39 1 75.28^ 1 136.11 (2:10:57) (interview: 2:21:49) 2 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Germany 204.74 3 69.52^ 2 135.22 (1:31:20) (interview 1:42:13) 3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Russia 203.79 2 73.12^ 3 130.67 (1:58:12) (interview 2:08:49) 4 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Russia 197.39 4 69.48^ 4 127.91 (2:04:10) (interview w/ Oleg Vasiliev 2:15:16) 5 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao China 195.78 5 69.20^ 5 126.58 (1:43:55) 6 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison Canada 177.07 8 59.36^ 6 117.71 (2:17:30) 7 Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett United States 172.47 6 60.52^ 8 111.95 (52:08) 8 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Russia 172.04 7 59.78^ 7 112.26 (06:55) 9 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig United States 165.96 9 57.74^ 9 108.22 (1:11:40) 10 Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay Canada 154.72 12 54.40^ 10 100.32 (1:17:56) 12 Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur France 146.58 10 55.60^ 13 90.98 (38:50) 13 Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz Switzerland 144.46 13 53.70^ 14 90.76 (45:46) 16 Stacey Kemp / David King United Kingdom 132.87 16 45.14^ 16 87.73 (1:37:57) Did not advance to free skating 17 Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming China 17 43.08 (1:04:55) 18 Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov Estonia 18 41.94^ (25:27) 22 Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan Ukraine 22 39.18^ (12:47) 24 Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák Slovakia 24 35.18^ (18:42) detailed results: https://www.isuresults.com/results/wc... also see:    • 2010 Worlds Pairs FS | Flair & technical e...   --- Key Chapters (Highlights) (00:00) Warm-up Group 3 (06:55) Bazarova / Larionov (RUS) (31:59) Warm-up Group 4 (52:08) Denney / Barrett (USA) (58:55) Warm-up Group 5 (1:24:57) Warm-up Group 6 (1:31:20) Savchenko / Szolkowy (GER) (1:43:55) Zhang / Zhang (CHN) (1:50:58) Warm-up Group 7 (1:58:12) Kavaguti / Smirnov (RUS) (2:04:10) Mukhortova / Trankov (RUS) (2:10:57) Pang / Tong (CHN) (2:17:30) Dubé / Davison (CAN) (2:24:22) Final results --- [from the AP, March 25 2010] Pang, Tong take the lead in pairs short program [Vancouver 2010 Winter Games] silver medalists Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China skated a flawless and elegant short program to take the lead in the pairs competition at the world figure skating championships on Tuesday. Pang and Tong earned a season-best 75.28 points for their short program, the same The Pearlfishers that they skated to in Vancouver. The 2006 world champions are two points ahead of Russia’s Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov. Two-time defending world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy squeaked into the top three even though he doubled their side-by-side triple toe loops. However, the Germans will have to fight to keep their spot on the podium in today’s free skate. Savchenko and Szolkowy, bronze medalists at the Vancouver Games, scored 69.52 points, putting them a mere .04 points ahead of Russia’s Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov. They are .32 points ahead of China’s Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao. Pang and Tong soared on side-by-side triple toes and a throw triple loop, and their score was nearly four points higher than in Vancouver. --- #figureskating #フィギュアスケート #eiskunstlauf #фигурноекатание #피겨스케이팅 #pattinaggioartistico #patinageartistique #patinaçãoartística special thanks to Kim!