Canadian couple dominate figure skating world championships in pairs, USA is 7th and 8th
Shanghai (AFP) - Canada's Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford inched towards clinching the world title in Shanghai Wednesday, taking the lead in the pairs short program by a huge four points.
Dancing to "Un peu plus haut" by Ginette Reno, the duo proved why they were the pre-tournament favourites with a dominant display which put them in first place with a seemingly unassailable 76.98 points.
Their nearest opponents, China's Pang Qing and Tong Jian, scored 72.59, but will need to perform miracles to overcome the Canadian champions in Thursday's free-skating final.
Duhamel and Radford have been in scintillating form this season, and remain undefeated after clinching the Grand Prix Finals in December and Four Continents last month.
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1 Q Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN 76.98
2 Q Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 72.59
3 Q Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 71.63
4 Q Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 71.59
5 Q Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN 69.67
6 Q Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS 67.71
7 Q Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA 65.56
8 Q Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER USA 61.32
9 Q Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA 60.56
10 Q Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN 60.53
11 Q Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN 60.32
12 Q Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA 58.28
13 Q Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS 55.55
14 Q Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA 54.48
15 Q Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE GER 47.76
16 Q Amani FANCY / Christopher BOYADJI GBR 46.69
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You should judge his posture when he is in the death spiral. 