Digital News Report – China walked away with the Gold and Silver medals in Pairs Figure Skating at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver British Columbia (see chart below for all results).
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China performed flawlessly bringing home the gold with a final score of 216.57 points. Pang Qing and Tong Jian scored 213.31 points.
The Bronze Medal went to Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany. Their total score was 210.60 points.
U.S. figure skaters came in 10th and 13th place. See scores below:
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From Staff Reports
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Not that Shen and Zhato did not deserve “a” medal last night, its just that their performance last
night was not deserving of the Gold medal. The Chinese pair that escalated from second place to
win the Silver medal were the true winners of the Gold medal. Their performance was flawless and
wonderful to witness. They received a well deserved standing ovation. Its not how well you skate
in warm up. or the day before, or the week previous, it has to be perfection on the big night that
matters. Shen and Zhao made mistakes that they are very aware of and we all know, who watched last night the Silver medalists rose to that perfection and were
the true winners of the Gold. When you achieve pivitol success in your sport, you deserve
acknowledgement, and NOT to lose to your competitors for the sentimental vote! Shen andZhato
have an eighteen year history-very impressive- still, it was a hollow Gold victory for them .Even
their wonderful coach knew they were not worthy of the medal, just by his very faint smile.