Who won the pairs free skating?

Medals update: Sui Wenjing and Han Cong win gold in Beijing 2022 Figure Skating Pairs. The Chinese duo have captured the Olympic title four years after winning silver at PyeongChang 2018, giving China its ninth gold of the Games.

Who won the couples free skate?

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier break 43-year spell for U.S. pairs teams, winning World Championship title. The Americans won going away in a pairs free skate that saw Miura/Kihara win silver for Japan and James/Radford capture the bronze.

Who won the pairs free skate 2022?

Look back on some of the best moments from the pairs free skate at the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships, including Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier winning a historic gold.

Who wins pairs skating Olympics 2022?

(CNN) China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won gold in pairs figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Games on Saturday. The duo finished with a world record total score of 239.88 -- 84.41 for short program and 155.47 for free skating -- to capture their first-ever Olympic gold.

Who won the pairs gold medal?

Four years after they were less than half a point from Olympic glory, two-time world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China captured the pair skating gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, triumphing with a 239.88 and celebrating in front of a raucous home crowd inside the Capital Indoor Stadium.

Who won Team skating 2022?

Team Event Sees Records, Has A New Medalist

The ROC won with 74 total points, followed by the U.S. with 65 and Japan close behind at 63. Defending champion Canada was fourth this time with 53 points and China fifth at 50.

Who won pairs skating today?

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won the pairs figure skating competition, producing a gold for their country and capping two weeks of artistry and tumult for their sport.

What are the standings after the pairs short program?

Short program standings:

• CHN SUI Wenjing / HAN Cong 84.41 Q.
• ROC TARASOVA Evgenia / MOROZOV Vladimir 84.25 Q.
• ROC MISHINA Anastasia / GALLIAMOV Aleksandr 82.76 Q.
• ROC BOIKOVA Aleksandra / KOZLOVSKII Dmitrii 78.59 Q.
• CHN PENG Cheng / JIN Yang 76.10 Q.
• USA KNIERIM Alexa / FRAZIER Brandon 74.23 Q.

Is Ashley Cain Gribble married?

She became engaged to Dalton Gribble in March 2018, and they married on June 1, 2019.

Did Yuzuru Hanyu retire?

The Japan Skating Federation says the two-time Olympic champion has not recovered from an ankle sprain the skater sustained during Beijing 2022.

What does ROC stand for?

Russian athletes are competing under the name of the “Russian Olympic Committee,” or ROC for short.

Who won silver in pairs 2022?

ROC's Evgeniya Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov executed a stunning, 155.00-point free skate to win silver at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Does Johnny Weir speak Russian?

Luckily for viewers at home, Johnny Weir was there to describe the painful scene every step of the way. Apparently fluent in Russian, Weir translated what was being said among Russian Olympic Committee officials and medalist Aleksandra Trusova. It was broadcasting brilliance.

Who won the free dance?

French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, four-time world champions and 2018 Olympic silver medalists, won 2022 Olympic gold with this free dance.

Who are Japan pairs figure skaters 2022?

Beijing 2022 figure skating: Everything you need to know about Japan's Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi. The Japanese pair have already won bronze in the figure skating team event during this Olympic Winter Games. Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi have already made their mark for Japan at Beijing 2022.

What ethnicity is Madison Chock?

Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock was born in Redondo Beach, California. She went to Novi High School. She is of Chinese-Hawaiian descent on her father's side, and European descent on her mother's side.

Who won gold in ice dancing?

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of Team France skate during the Ice Dance Free Dance on day ten of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on Feb. 14, 2022 in Beijing. They won gold in the event.

Did Nathan Chen Win gold 2022?

Beijing Olympics 2022: Nathan Chen wins figure skating gold, becomes just seventh American to win event. Nathan Chen has made Olympics history. On Wednesday night, the American won gold in the men's figure skating event.

Did ROC get disqualified?

Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva tested positive for trimetazidine at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. She was disqualified from the two-woman bob event and served an eight-month ban.

Why is trimetazidine banned?

The drug is currently listed as a “metabolic modulator” and WADA prohibits athletes from using the drug in or out of competition. A shift in how the body uses energy could give athletes an edge in competitions by lessening their altitude fatigue and increasing their cardiovascular fitness (Biomed. Pharmacother.

Who won the bronze medal in pairs figure skating?

Tarazova and Morozov, coached in part by the polarizing Eteri Tutberidze, scored 239.25 points while Mishina and Galliamov, the reigning world champions, scored 237.71 to earn the bronze medal and cap a strong — and controversial — Olympics for the Russians.

Is ROC Russian?

ROC stands for Russian Olympic Committee. Technically, Russia is banned from competing in international sporting events until December 2022 for running a state-sponsored doping program. Putin nonetheless attended the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.