The pair skating of Figure Skating 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 14-15 February 2018 in the Gangneung Ice Arena . With 22 pairs competing, the event was won by Bruno Massot and Aljona Savchenko from Germany , with Han Cong and Sui Wenjing from China taking the silver medal and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford from Canada taking bronze.
Format [ ] The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of around 2:40 minutes, after which the athletes with the sixteen best scores perform another routine of around 4:30 minutes. The pair with the best score after two rounds is the winner.
Preview [ ] Twenty-two pairs qualified for the event, with most eyes on the pairs of Sui Wenjing and Han Cong , Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot , and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford , as the top three of the previous Grand Prix. The Chinese duo were also the reigning world champions, when they finished in front of Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov and Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert . Other pairs who could make a difference would be Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres , veteran and former silver medalist Zhang Hao with debutant Yu Xiaoyu , and Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro .
Summary [ ] Short Program [ ]
Short Program Results
Rank
Nat.
Athletes
Score
1
Sui Wenjing
Han Cong
82.39
2
Evgenia Tarasova
Vladimir Morozov
81.68
3
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
76.82
4
Aljona Savchenko
Bruno Massot
76.59
5
Yu Xiaoyu
Zhang Hao
75.58
6
Vanessa James
Morgan Cipres
75.34
7
Valentina Marchei
Ondrej Hotarek
74.50
8
Natalia Zabiiako
Alexander Enbert
74.35
9
Nicole Della Monica
Matteo Guarise
74.00
10
Kristina Astakhova
Alexei Rogonov
70.52
11
Ryom Tae Ok
Kim Ju Sik
69.40
12
Julianne Seguin
Charlie Bilodeau
67.52
13
Kirsten Moore-Towers
Michael Marinaro
65.68
14
Alexa Scimeca Knierim
Chris Knierim
65.55
15
Anna Duskova
Martin Bidar
63.25
16
Annika Hocke
Ruben Blommaert
63.04
17
Peng Cheng
Jin Yang
62.61
18
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
Harley Windsor
61.55
19
Paige Conners
Evgeni Krasnopolski
60.35
20
Miriam Ziegler
Severin Kiefer
58.80
21
Miu Suzaki
Ryuichi Kihara
57.74
22
Kim Kyu-eun
Kam Alex Kang Chan
42.93
Free Program [ ]
Free Program Results
Rank
Nat.
Athletes
Score
1
Aljona Savchenko
Bruno Massot
159.31
2
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
153.33
3
Sui Wenjing
Han Cong
153.08
4
Evgenia Tarasova
Vladimir Morozov
143.25
5
Vanessa James
Morgan Cipres
143.19
6
Valentina Marchei
Ondrej Hotarek
142.09
7
Natalia Zabiiako
Alexander Enbert
138.53
8
Julianne Seguin
Charlie Bilodeau
136.50
9
Kirsten Moore-Towers
Michael Marinaro
132.43
10
Nicole Della Monica
Matteo Guarise
128.74
11
Yu Xiaoyu
Zhang Hao
128.52
12
Ryom Tae Ok
Kim Ju Sik
124.23
13
Kristina Astakhova
Alexei Rogonov
123.93
14
Anna Duskova
Martin Bidar
123.08
15
Alexa Scimeca Knierim
Chris Knierim
120.27
16
Annika Hocke
Ruben Blommaert
108.94
Results [ ]
Result
Athletes
Nationality
Score
Aljona Savchenko
Bruno Massot
Germany
235.90
Sui Wenjing
Han Cong
China
235.47
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Canada
230.15
4
Evgenia Tarasova
Vladimir Morozov
Olympic Athletes from Russia
224.93
5
Vanessa James
Morgan Cipres
France
218.53
6
Valentina Marchei
Ondrej Hotarek
Italy
216.59
7
Natalia Zabiiako
Alexander Enbert
Olympic Athletes from Russia
212.88
8
Yu Xiaoyu
Zhang Hao
China
204.10
9
Julianne Seguin
Charlie Bilodeau
Canada
204.02
10
Nicole Della Monica
Matteo Guarise
Italy
202.74
11
Kirsten Moore-Towers
Michael Marinaro
Canada
198.11
12
Kristina Astakhova
Alexei Rogonov
Olympic Athletes from Russia
194.45
13
Ryom Tae Ok
Kim Ju Sik
North Korea
193.63
14
Anna Duskova
Martin Bidar
Czech Republic
186.33
15
Alexa Scimeca Knierim
Chris Knierim
United States
185.82
16
Annika Hocke
Ruben Blommaert
Germany
171.98
17
Peng Cheng
Jin Yang
China
62.61
18
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
Harley Windsor
Australia
61.55
19
Paige Conners
Evgeni Krasnopolski
Israel
60.35
20
Miriam Ziegler
Severin Kiefer
Austria
58.80
21
Miu Suzaki
Ryuichi Kihara
Japan
57.74
22
Kim Kyu-eun
Kam Alex Kang Chan
South Korea
42.93
