1. Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHINA) - 216.57
2. Pang Qing / Tong Jian (CHINA) - 213.31
3. Savchenko / Szolkowy (GERMANY) - 210.60
4. Kavaguti / Smirnov (RUSSIA) - 194.77
5. Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao (CHINA) - 194.34
Although Shen / Zhao's free skate performance was not without flaws, their short program score was so flawless that it was enough for this couple to finally win Olympic Gold. Pang / Tong were in 4th coming into today but their very strong performance tonight vaulted them into Gold before they were bumped by their fellow countrymen down to Silver. Also great job for Zhang / Zhang, although they could not medal, they show how far Chinese pair figure skating has come and great to have 3 out of the top 5 pairs come from the People's Republic of China.
Savchenko / Szolkowy was Shen / Zhao's biggest threat throughout this entire competition and were the favorites before the Chinese couple came out of retirement. Seriously throughout their entire performance I was holding my breathe and they were just 0.7 points behind the Gold coming into today. Kavaguti / Smirnov was tough too but finally the Russian dominance ends, and hopefully here comes an era of Chinese dominance. Kavaguti cannot win a medal even if she switches countries a load of times, she's competed for USA, Japan, and Russia now.
Regardless, go CHINA! 加油！！！
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