Competition is underway at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France. See the results of the pairs short program after the jump.
Wow. The top Russian teams completely imploded, with Kavaguti and Smirnov and Volosozhar and Trankov receiving two deductions each. And right when I count Japan's Takahashi and Tran out, they come out and skate a personal best by about four points, placing themselves in medal position. But the biggest story is that this competition is now between Savchenko and Szolkowy and Pang and Tong. About a point and a half separates the top two teams.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY |
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68.63 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Qing PANG / Jian TONG |
|
67.10 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN |
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65.37 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV |
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65.02 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD |
|
63.69 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN |
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63.27 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN |
|
62.48 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV |
|
60.48 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK |
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60.39 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER |
|
59.62 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV |
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59.59 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | Jessica DUBE / Sebastien WOLFE |
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55.83 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES |
|
50.51 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE |
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49.07 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE |
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48.48 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE |
|
47.91 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Danielle MONTALBANO / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI |
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44.69 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN |
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44.59 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Stacey KEMP / David KING |
|
39.33 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Ji Hyang RI / Won Hyok THAE |
|
36.23 | 20 |
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