Anaheim: Former world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China won the pairs title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Saturday, edging Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro.
The Chinese duo, back on the international stage for the first time since winning the silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, went into the final free skate trailing the Canadian leaders by less than a point.
With a free skate score of 136.92, they topped the free skate by a similar margin to win with a total of 211.11 points.
Moore-towers and Marinaro, the reigning Canadian champions who took silver at the 2013 Osaka Four Continents and team silver at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, finished with a total of 211.05 points.
Another Chinese pair, Peng Cheng and Jin Yang, earned bronze with 205.42 points.
Reigning Canadian champions Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro finished second in the pairs competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championship (AFP)The victory confirms Sui and Han as contenders for gold at the World Championships in Japan March.
They were unable to defend the 2017 world title they won in Helsinki when Sui was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her right foot after the Pyeongchang Winter Games last year.
Four Continents competition continued later Saturday with the men’s free skate. The competition concludes Sunday with the free dance.
AFP
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