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FSkate: Emotional Chinese win world pairs gold

by Emmeline MOORE Agence France-Presse China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong capped their comeback from injury by claiming a first pairs gold with a high-flying display of acrobatics at the world figure skating championships on Thursday. The two-time world silver medallists survived a fall to snatch gold ahead of Germany’s Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot after the free skating final at Hartwall Arena. Skating to Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” the Chinese scored […]