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“We love competing in Canada,” the 36-year-old Zhao said at a recent training session in Beijing before leaving for Vancouver to compete in the Olympics. “We have a real emotional attachment to that place ever since Edmonton.”
That would be the 1996 world championships, the debut for the two on the world stage. ... more ...
China's star figure skaters Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, who came back from retirement for the Winter Olympic Games, beat the odds to score a season best of 76.66 points at the pairs short program here on Sunday.
The new mark added 1.30 points to the previous season best of all, which was also set by the three-time world champions at the ISU figure skating Grand Prix Finale in December. ... more ...