The Germans came out and skated their Pink Panther programme better than they have all year. It was up to Pang & Tong to skate their very best to catch them. Sadly from the first jumps it wasn't to be. He singled his first side-by-side double axel and put his hands down on the second. Gold was out of reach and silver was in the hands of the 2 Russian pairs still to go.
Young pair Bazarova & Larionov channelled a bit of Yagudin magic skating to the olympic champ's Man in the Iron Mask music from 2002. Like the Chinese, and like their Russian team-mates Kavaguti & Smirnov they skated a lovely artistic programme but had to count a fall. It was left to the final pair. Volosozhar & Trankov of Russia. The pair had both been on or close to the podium with previous partners but in their first season together put out a near-perfect skate and pipped the Olympic silver medallists, Pang & Tong to second place on the day. Russian pair skating looks as strong as ever on the road to Sochi 2014.
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