10:59, 15-Feb-2018
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics: China's Sui&Han chasing gold in pairs figure skating
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Moving to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and the pairs figure skating final is currently underway. China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong are going after the country's first gold medal at this year's Games.
Sixteen out of 22 pairs have qualified for the free skating event. Sui and Han finished in first place in the short program on Wednesday after posting a personal best of 82-points-39 points. They edged out Olympic Athletes of Russia, Evgenia Tarasova, and Vladimir Morozov, by less than a point.
The world champions but first-time Olympians want to be the second Chinese tandem to win Olympic gold in this event. Their coach Zhao Hongbo and his wife Shen Xue won in 2010.