Figure skating’s last competition at the Beijing Games is the pairs free skate Saturday at the Capital Indoor Stadium.
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, a popular Chinese team, finished first in the short program on Friday. They are eager for redemption: They had victory within their grasp at the 2018 Olympics, but lost the gold medal by a mere 0.43 points.
They face tough competition from three Russian pairs. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov placed second in the short program, trailing Sui and Han by a fraction of a point. Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov, the reigning world champions, were in third. Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii were in fourth.
Pairs are judged on two events: Friday’s short program and Saturday’s free skate, which lasts four minutes. Medal winners will be determined by adding the scores from the two events.
