Chinese duo Sui Wenjing and Han Cong sealed the championship with a breathtaking performance during the free skating at the ISU Four Continents Championships in Seoul on Saturday. It is their sixth champion title at the Four Continents tournament.
Peng Cheng and Jin Yang made it one-two for China by taking the silver medal. The Canadian pair Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro too the bronze.
"Every time is special and different. It gives us more confidence, especially since we lost the short program," said the two-time world champion duo Sui and Han.
Skating to the emotional "Rain, in Your Black Eyes," the pair started their performance with a flawless triple twist and amazed the crowd with a clean side by side triple toe loop-double toe loop-double toe loop combination.
Sui and Han rank in third place after the short program but come back strong in their more compelling free skating at Four Continents tournament, February 8, 2020. /VCG Photo
They went on to produce a solid throw triple Salchow. The only blemish came when Sui doubled the side by side triple Salchow.
The 2019 Grand Prix Final champion collected a level four for all element and with a clean throw triple flip, the pair ended their skating looking satisfied. They topped the free skating with 144.34 and racked up 217.51 points overall to seal the victory.
"It (the title) is dear to me, because we lost the Short Program but then we caught up with the long program, and that is very special to me. Today, we are quite satisfied. We showed a good level of skating."
Chinese duo Peng Cheng and Jin Yang perform their final pose at the free skating during the Four Continents tournament in Seoul, February 8, 2020. /VCG Photo
Another Chinese duo Peng Cheng and Jin Yang, secured their second place from the short program and sealed the silver medal.
Skating to the "Cloud Atlas" soundtrack, Peng and Jin delivered a satisfying performance, producing a triple Salchow, triple toe loop-double toe loop combination, triple twist, throw triple loop, and Salchow.
They earned a season's best 137.33 points and tallied 213.29 points to repeat as silver medalists at the Four Continents.
"We are quite satisfied with our performance," Peng said. "Our training before these Championships was not as solid as we would have liked it so there was some progress today."
"Now, we want to train hard and prepare for the World Championship."
Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro of Canada skate to "Carry You" by Ruelle for their free skating at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, February 8, 2020. /VCG Photo
The Canadian pair Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro fell to third place in the end, after making mistakes with their solo jumps.
"We've been practicing really well and it's become apparent that we need to translate what we do in training into how we perform at competitions," said Moore-Towers.