Figure Skating 2010/Pair skating

Pair skating
General information
Sport	Figure Skating 2010
Date	14-15 February 2010
Competitors	20 pairs
Venue	Pacific Coliseum
Previous medalists
Gold	Maxim Marinin Tatiana Totmianina
Silver	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao
Bronze	Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo
Medalists
	Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo
	Pang Qing Tong Jian
	Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy

The pair skating of Figure Skating 2010 during the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 14-15 February 2010 in the Pacific Coliseum. With 20 pairs competing, the event was won by Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo from China, with Pang Qing and Tong Jian from China taking the silver medal and Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from Germany taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of a maximum 2:50 minutes, after which all pairs perform another routine of around 4:30 minutes. The pair with the best score after two rounds is the winner.

Preview

Twenty pairs qualified for the event with the Chinese and Russian pairs as some of the most prominent medal contenders. The pairs of Grand Prix winners Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, Grand Prix silver medalists Pang Qing and Tong Jian, and silver medalists of the world championships Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao had high chances for the gold medal, but were challenged by the German world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, and the Russian pairs of Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov and Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov. Other medal contenders included Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov, Jessica Dube/Bryce Davison, and Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett.

Athlete 1	Athlete 2	Nationality
Shen Xue	Zhao Hongbo	China
Maria Sergejeva	Ilja Glebov	Estonia
Joanna Sulej	Mateusz Chruscinski	Poland
Caydee Denney	Jeremy Barrett	United States
Maylin Hausch	Daniel Wende	Germany
Vanessa James	Yannick Bonheur	France
Vera Bazarova	Yuri Larionov	Russia
Amanda Evora	Mark Ladwig	United States
Anabelle Langlois	Cody Hay	Canada
Ekaterina Kostenko	Roman Talan	Ukraine
Nicole Della Monica	Yannick Kocon	Italy
Stacey Kemp	David King	Great Britain
Anais Morand	Antoine Dorsaz	Switzerland
Maria Mukhortova	Maxim Trankov	Russia
Tatiana Volosozhar	Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine
Yuko Kavaguti	Alexander Smirnov	Russia
Jessica Dube	Bryce Davison	Canada
Pang Qing	Tong Jian	China
Zhang Dan	Zhang Hao	China
Aliona Savchenko	Robin Szolkowy	Germany

Summary

Short Program

Short Program Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Score
1		Shen Xue	Zhao Hongbo	76.66
2		Aliona Savchenko	Robin Szolkowy	75.96
3		Yuko Kavaguti	Alexander Smirnov	74.16
4		Pang Qing	Tong Jian	71.50
5		Zhang Dan	Zhang Hao	71.28
6		Jessica Dube	Bryce Davison	65.36
7		Anabelle Langlois	Cody Hay	64.20
8		Maria Mukhortova	Maxim Trankov	63.44
9		Tatiana Volosozhar	Stanislav Morozov	62.14
10		Amanda Evora	Mark Ladwig	57.86
11		Nicole Della Monica	Yannick Kocon	56.82
12		Vera Bazarova	Yuri Larionov	56.54
13		Anais Morand	Antoine Dorasz	55.34
14		Caydee Denney	Jeremy Barrett	53.26
15		Vanessa James	Yannick Bonheur	51.16
16		Stacey Kemp	David King	48.28
17		Maylin Hausch	Daniel Wende	45.46
18		Maria Sergejeva	Ilja Glebov	42.18
19		Ekaterina Kostenko	Roman Talan	39.54
20		Joanna Sulej	Mateusz Chruscinski	39.30

Free Program

Free Program Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Score
1		Pang Qing	Tong Jian	141.81
2		Shen Xue	Zhao Hongbo	139.91
3		Aliona Savchenko	Robin Szolkowy	134.64
4		Zhang Dan	Zhang Hao	123.06
5		Maria Mukhortova	Maxim Trankov	122.35
6		Jessica Dube	Bryce Davison	121.75
7		Yuko Kavaguti	Alexander Smirnov	120.61
8		Tatiana Volosozhar	Stanislav Morozov	119.64
9		Anabelle Langlois	Cody Hay	115.77
10		Amanda Evora	Mark Ladwig	114.06
11		Vera Bazarova	Yuri Larionov	106.96
12		Caydee Denney	Jeremy Barrett	105.07
13		Nicole Della Monica	Yannick Kocon	104.78
14		Vanessa James	Yannick Bonheur	93.94
15		Maylin Hausch	Daniel Wende	93.28
16		Stacey Kemp	David King	91.66
17		Anais Morand	Antoine Dorsaz	89.08
18		Joanna Sulej	Mateusz Chruscinski	86.52
19		Maria Sergejeva	Ilja Glebov	82.72
20		Ekaterina Kostenko	Roman Talan	81.44

Results

Result	Athletes		Nationality	Score
	Shen Xue	Zhao Hongbo	China	216.57
	Pang Qing	Tong Jian	China	213.31
	Aliona Savchenko	Robin Szolkowy	Germany	210.60
4	Yuko Kavaguti	Alexander Smirnov	Russia	194.77
5	Zhang Dan	Zhang Hao	China	194.34
6	Jessica Dube	Bryce Davison	Canada	187.11
7	Maria Mukhortova	Maxim Trankov	Russia	185.79
8	Tatiana Volosozhar	Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	181.78
9	Anabelle Langlois	Cody Hay	Canada	179.97
10	Amanda Evora	Mark Ladwig	United States	171.92
11	Vera Bazarova	Yuri Larionov	Russia	163.50
12	Nicole Della Monica	Yannick Kocon	Italy	161.60
13	Caydee Denney	Jeremy Barrett	United States	158.33
14	Vanessa James	Yannick Bonheur	France	145.10
15	Anais Morand	Antoine Dorsaz	Switzerland	144.42
16	Stacey Kemp	David King	Great Britain	139.94
17	Maylin Hausch	Daniel Wende	Germany	138.74
18	Joanna Sulej	Mateusz Chruscinski	Poland	125.82
19	Maria Sergejeva	Ilja Glebov	Estonia	124.90
20	Ekaterina Kostenko	Roman Talan	Ukraine	120.98